Podcast Episodes

Operation Mincemeat (UK Tour) - ★★★★★ REVIEW

Last night Mickey-Jo finally caught the UK Tour of OPERATION MINCEMEAT, the award winning musical still running in the West End and on Broadway.

The s…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mickey-Jo saw Jamie Muscato and Joy Woods in CABARET | thoughts on the musical revival's new West End cast

Mickey-Jo was recently invited to attend a gala night at the West End production of CABARET, currently running at the Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse T…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Jordan Luke Gage & Andrew Exeter on REDCLIFFE and the evolution of its design at Southwark Playhouse

Mickey-Jo recently had the opportunity to sit down with Jordan Luke Gage, the writer and star of the new musical REDCLIFFE, and Andrew Exeter, the sh…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

the best shows at the Edinburgh Fringe? | Mickey-Jo's 2026 recommendations for plays and musical theatre

The arrival of Summer means that the start of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is looming, and after multiple requests I'm finally sharing my biggest gu…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kiss of the Spider Woman (UK Tour) - ★★★★★ REVIEW

Last weekend, Mickey-Jo caught the new UK revival of the musical KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN at the Southampton Mayflower Studios.

The production marked …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

the real reason STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is ending on Broadway and in the West End

It was announced earlier this week that STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW would close both on Broadway and in the West End at the end of this year.

Th…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

REVIEW ROUNDUP (We Had a World at Hampstead Theatre and Under the Shadow at Almeida Theatre)

This week, Mickey-Jo's theatregoing began with two new plays at off West End venues - We Had a World at the Hampstead Theatre, and Under the Shadow a…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Watermill Theatre, Newbury) - ★★★★ THEATRE

The Watermill Theatre in Newbury has just celebrated the opening of their annual summer musical, and this time it's a revival of CHITTY CHITTY BANG B…

4 months ago

did the TONY Awards get it wrong? | Mickey-Jo's reaction to the 2026 winners, performances and ceremony

Last night, Broadway celebrated the end of another season of new openings with the 2026 TONY Awards, hosted by recording artist P!nk.

In a ceremony th…

4 months ago

RSC Review Roundup (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui starring Mark Gatiss and The Tempest starring Kenneth Branagh)

Last weekend Mickey-Jo headed to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon to watch two strikingly different pieces of theatre in one day.…

4 months ago