Podcast Episodes

As You Like It starring Jonathan Groff (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon) - ★★★★ REVIEW

Earlier this week, the hotly anticipated new production of William Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT opened at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford …

7 hours ago

is it gonna be a good year for Broadway? | early thoughts on the forthcoming season of new shows

The 2026-2027 Broadway season has officially commenced and is set to bring numerous exciting productions of plays and musicals.

The new and revived s…

2 days, 5 hours ago

why actors can't always be perfect | Mickey-Jo's honest thoughts on the expectations of stage performances

Inspired by some recent social media discourse, Mickey-Jo has been thinking about whether audience members have the right to expect perfection from s…

3 days, 18 hours ago

Are London's latest plays worth seeing? REVIEWS of The Standard of Living and Hay Fever

Among the plays Mickey-Jo saw this week were the latest from James Graham: "The Standard of Living" at Theatre Royal Haymarket and a new revival of N…

5 days, 19 hours ago

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup (@sohoplace, West End) - ★★★★★ REVIEW

Last night, Mickey-Jo saw a new production of one of his favourite plays: Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

This new London production a…

1 week ago

Mickey-Jo saw the first preview of RENT... | everything you need to know about the West End musical revival

The hugely anticipated West End revival of the Pulitzer Prize winning musical RENT opened last weekend at the Tom Stoppard Theatre in London.

The pro…

1 week, 2 days ago

Mickey-Jo met the original West End GLINDA! | a chat with Helen Dallimore for WICKED's London Anniversary INTERVIEW

Ahead of WICKED's 20th anniversary celebrations this weekend in London, Mickey-Jo met the West End production's very first Glinda - Helen Dallimore. …

1 week, 5 days ago

The Last Ship starring Sting (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End) - ★★★ REVIEW

Having been heavily revised since it first premiered more than a decade ago, the musical THE LAST SHIP is back in an international tour that has just…

1 week, 6 days ago

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (UK Tour) - ★★★ REVIEW

This week Mickey-Jo headed to Woking Theatre to see the new production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

This revival of the play…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Jane Eyre (Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London) - ★★★★ REVIEW

More than two decades after its short-lived original Broadway run, the musical adaptation of JANE EYRE has finally received its UK professional premi…

2 weeks, 1 day ago