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Why Am I So Single? is a fun new queer musical with great songs – review

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We’re not quite sure where to start with a show like Why Am I So Single? – it’s arrived on the West End amid much fanfare and with a huge weight of expectation. This is the second musical from Marlow and Moss, the writers of Six, which of course is not just a runaway success in London but has toured internationally and is still enjoying a successful Broadway run too. Comparisons are inevitable, but Marlow and Moss have not tried to replicate the formula – while Six plays out more…

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Your Lie in April has some good songs but is sadly let down by a clunky script – review

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We really, really wanted to like Your Lie in April. The story itself is already a success: the original manga, by Naoshi Arakawa, sold over 5 million copies and was subsequently adapted into an anime TV series and then a feature film. A stage musical version opened in Tokyo in 2022, which has now been translated into English. A concert version played in London earlier this year at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and was well-received; it has now made its fully-staged West End debut at the Harold Pinter Theatre.…

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Mean Girls musical is just as camp and queer as you’d expect – review

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We’re sure Mean Girls requires very little in the way of introduction, but for those who have somehow managed to miss this cultural phenomenon, it’s a film written by Tina Fey dating back to 2004 (yes, it really is celebrating its 20th birthday this year). It tells the story of Cady, who had previously been home schooled, as she attempts to integrate into her new high school. She crosses paths with the titular mean girls – known as The Plastics – and their ringleader, Regina George. We shan’t say more,…

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New cast delights as hit musical Operation Mincemeat extends run for the 9th time

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If you’ve still not heard of Operation Mincemeat… where have you been? We’re huge fans of the hit West End musical here at GAY TIMES – we reviewed the 2021 run at the Southwark Playhouse, the 2022 run at Riverside Studios and 2023’s West End transfer at the Fortune Theatre – each time awarding it a perfect 5/5. Don’t just take our word for it, though: it’s been a hit with pretty much all the critics – it’s the best-reviewed show ever to grace London’s West End, and has already…

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Tom Holland stars in stylish update of Romeo & Juliet – review

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There’s a lot of hype around this revival of Romeo & Juliet, and it’s not hard to see why – it’s rare to have a star quite as famous as Tom Holland on London’s West End. Couple that with this being a Jamie Lloyd production – Lloyd having brought us last year’s enjoyably ridiculous revival of Sunset Blvd, which swept the Olivier Awards and is due to open on Broadway this year – and it’s understandable that there’s a great deal of excitement for this production, which is pretty much…

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Stage version of Fawlty Towers is an exercise in nostalgia – review

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We weren’t entirely sure what to expect from the stage show of Fawlty Towers – would it simply be a nostalgic evening of lighthearted entertainment, drawing sketches from the short-lived but enduringly-popular 1970s TV series? Or would it contain some surprises? Would there be an attempt to modernise the material for a world that’s very different from when the pilot episode aired some 50 years ago? This play very much is an exercise in nostalgia. If you’re a fan of the TV show, you’ll know what to expect – a…

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People, Places and Things is theatre at its absolute best – review

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It’s been a while since People, Places and Things last graced our stages: Duncan Macmillan’s drama originally debuted at the National Theatre back in 2015, winning rave reviews and earning Denise Gough an Olivier Award. Macmillan and Gough have reunited with director Jeremy Herrin to revive the play at London’s Trafalgar Theatre, which opened this week and is playing through to 10th August. We’ll say this right away: it’s absolutely brilliant – rarely does theatre feel this important. An urgent consideration of rehab, we meet Gough playing the role of…

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The Cherry Orchard is a bold contemporary take on classic play – review

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Chekhov is one of the great playwrights and there have been a number of his plays revived and reimagined recently on London’s West End. Last year we caught the radical one-man Vanya starring Andrew Scott; the year before we reviewed a minimalist The Seagull, starring Emilia Clarke. Opening this week at The Donmar Warehouse is a bold, contemporary take on The Cherry Orchard – this is a radical new version by director Benedict Andrews. It’s not trying to be traditional: actors use their own accents; wear modern (and quite awful)…

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Priscilla the Party! is a high-camp, feel-good night out – review

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Ah, Priscilla – a film many of us will have fond memories of, and indeed may well have been a formative moment in many a queer person’s youth. There already exists a stage show, which some will have experienced a while ago, and this new immersive production – Priscilla the Party! – is based on that, but with an updated selection of songs. It’s opened at London’s new HERE at Outernet venue and will be playing all summer. It’s an immersive experience in the same way that Guys & Dolls…

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Ian McKellen is a delight in Robert Icke’s modern adaptation of Henry IV – review

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Given that Sir Ian McKellen is one of the great Shakespearean actors, it’s perhaps surprising that he’s never taken on the role of Falstaff, one of Shakespeare’s best-loved anti-heroes. Until now, that is: in Player Kings, Robert Icke’s modern-dress adaptation of Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, we see Sir Ian – in an amusingly silly fat suit – take on the comic relief role. He’s an entertaining counterfoil to the more serious Prince Hal, played brilliantly by the excellent Toheeb Jimoh. Player Kings is two plays in one and,…

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