Reviews by KarenI got a £25 Rush Ticket from TodayTix, for this funny farcical comedy about a couple who accidentally end up inviting a murderer they meet on holiday (they didn’t Google her until too late) to come and stay with them. and their children.
The show was very funny, but the theatre felt cramped and it took a long time to get out – although despite being underground it was possible to get a mobile signal!
9/10
I got a 25% off discount to see this classic musical and due to a near empty re I moved to a better seat at the interval.
It was a lavish spectacle that lasted just under 3 hours (including interval) but it didn’t feel that long.
It isn’t my favorite musical as it isn’t as happy as others and I didn’t like some of the story, but it had more humor than I was expecting and I would consider watching the stage version again in the future.
7/10
I got a £25 Rush Ticket from TodayTix for this and it was a good view.
This short play has a weird premise, the law is changed so that you can only say and write a combination of a total of 140 words a day. It only has 2 characters – a couple and looks at how the limit affects them.
It was amusing at points, but the concept wasn’t fully explored – what happens if you exceed the limit, how is it officially monitored, acronyms, hyphenated words, how does it work for sign language, etc?
It went back and forwards in time a lot to explore the couples relationship from.when they first met through to how they deal with the word limit.
6/10
I got a £25 Rush Ticket from TodayTix.
The venue is the former council chamber of County Hall on London’s South Bank. It was interstingband has far more foyer space than most regular theaters.
I had seen a TV adaptation and I was aware of one of the twists but that didn’t spoil it and it was more amusing than I’sld expected. 12 of the audience are seated in jury seats and vote on paper ballots on the verdict – I am not sure what happens if they vote the opposite way to the original play though.
It was almost in the round, with a basic set, and the story is different to most who done it’s as it focuses on the trial.
7/10
This is the original play that was adapted into the 1989 film.
It’s about a group of 6 1980s women in Louisiana across a period of about 2 years and what they talk about in Truvy’s salon. Unlike the film, the play doesn’t leave the salon and the supporting characters are only referred to. Having just rewatched the film that wasn’t a problem for me.
I found the humour funnier than in the film and the sad part not so upsetting as you don’t watch it happening.
It was a nice way to spend a couple of hours.
8/10
Today it was my density to get great seats for £25, with an on-the-day Rush ticket to see the energetic (1.21 gigawatts worth) rhythmic ceremonial rituals in Back the Future the Musical at the Adelphi Theatre for the first time since 2021.
It was my second time seeing it with a Rush ticket. On my first visit, I was in the stalls close to the McFly zone, and I was pleased I got to see it from a different angle. I could see the stage floor & grooves in it – although the floor was darkened during certain special effects with the car & I still couldn’t see how all the moves were made at the big effect at the end.
It was just as great as the first time I saw it.
9/10
Following the announcement that £25 Rush Tickets with Todat Tix I tried and was successful getting a great aisle seat n the stalls.
It was hilariously bonkers, and included stand up, political satire, plenty of jokes, songs, laughs and corpsing in the cake making scene.
10/10
Managed to get reduced-price seats for the penultimate performance thanks to TKTS.
This is a stage musical of the classic Christmas movie about Buddy, a human, who accudebtialy ends up at the North Pole as a baby, is raised by elces and then discovers his true identity.
There were some changes to adapt it to the stage, the music was different, atess only appeared at the start (possibly to save the ensembles knees), but were very amusing, no papa elf, and a couple of small sense such as the snow ball fight and decorating the apartment, but it was an enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours, and despite the young age of some audience members the audience was well behaved.
It spread Christmas Cheer in the best way – singing loud for all to hear and only a cotton headed ninnymuggins would find nothing to smile about.
8/10
This was my second trip to Arendelle and the first since the cast change. I got a £29.50 Rush Ticket from TodayTix and was in the 3rd row with a face value of up to £150. The front of the centre stalls is not raked meaning, despite the high face value, part of your view will be blocked if you have full sized humans in the rows in front of you.
The show was good just like before – and this time I was under the snow at the end.
8/10
Got a £25 Rush ticket from Today Tix with a great view. There was a couple of understudues but the production was good and made use of puppets, wires and magic.
It is about 4 siblings who are evacuated in WW2 and they discover the magical world of Narnia through a wardrobe in the share room, where they learn things including not to trust strangers (except perhaps if they happen to be a faun or a beaver) especially if they offer you Turkish delight.
7/10
