the shows you *need* to see this year | my London and UK theatre recommendations for 2024
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OHMYGOD HEY!
After letting you know about my favourite and least favourite shows from last year, I'm ready to bring you my UK and London Theatre recommendations for 2024.
From Broadway transfers such as Hadestown, Mean Girls and MJ to new plays like Red Pitch and The Motive and the Cue, this is a varied list of exciting productions!
Check out the brand new video to find out about the plays and musicals I am most looking forward to this year...
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00:00 | Introduction
02:10 | New Musicals
06:38 | Broadway Transfers
10:51 | Transferring Plays
14:41 | Returning Musicals
18:40 | Musicals on Tour
22:23 | Classic Play Revivals
25:22 | Ambiguous Shows...
29:53 | Musical Revivals
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Well that was an expensive watch 😆 three shows booked!!!
But worh it!
Thanks, enjoyed the preview. Suggestion: A little sign/label on the screen with name of each show that's currently being discussed would be useful, in case we missed it at the beginning of the section. Also, a list of all the shows to be discussed at the start of your talk would be good (i.e. a preview of the preview).
Everyone everywhere should see Come From Away. Full stop.
Thanks so much for including us! See you there!🏺🏺🏺
I really liked The Motive and the Cue, beautiful love letter to live theatre, Mark Gatiss provides a true acting masterclass, and Johnny Flynn is wonderful. Also slight correction, Hamilton is only playing in Manchester until the 24th of February, we have Pretty Woman coming in after that from 27/2.
Making excuses for not knowing something that occurred before you were born means you would have to throw away nearly all of Sondheim. Stop that.😂
I’m obsessed with your sweater
Thank you Mickey. Visiting the UK in May, so will be guided by your recommendations.
Oooo this will be helpful thank you mickey
For new musicals transferring to the West End - Two Strangers Carry a Cake across New York. It was SO GOOD at the Kiln Theatre, and the set is such an interesting part of the show. Two person musical, super funny. Get excited!
yes yes yes, totally agree. saw it at the Kiln and it is one of the best theatre experiences I have had in a while. LOVED IT! Will be seeing it again on my birthday at the Criterion. Can't wait! :) (also it is selling out surprisingly quickly for months in advance so I do think this will be having a great west end run!)
yes, seconding this! It was such a cute, fun musical!
Got a good few ones booked including Hadestown, Nye with Michael Sheen at the National Theatre, Spirited Away, the touring production of The Time Machine, Armando Ianucci's Dr Strangelove with Steve Coogan and the Birmingham Rep production of Minority Report.
I saw Hello Dolly UK tour with Anita Dobson, I was surprised to hear you hadn’t seen it before and then looked it up, it was in 2008 and now I feel old!
Great vid, we’ve got a great year coming up!
Actually, I have an idea for a recommendation list which you can make: "which are the best shows (according to you) that are currently running". I giving this idea because I'm pretty new to the West End theater, every time when I come to London I always have a hard time choosing among so many options. I know that you have reviewed most of the current shows, but a short list of the most recommended ones will be very helpful for people like me.
Keep up the good work!
I am so excited for the shows doing UK tours especially come from away. ❤
This makes me very excited! I'm going to London for a week in March and already have tickets to Nye, Enemy of the People, Opening Night, Just For One Day, Sky's Edge, Totoro and Six....
AAAAAAAAA im so excited for hadestown hopefully ill be able to see it!!
Have you seen Pacific Overtures at the Menier Chocolate Factory yet? Saw it just the other night. First time seeing a production, was one of the few Sondheims I didn't know previously.
Hi Mickey Jo I am from Maine and I saw the touring production of Come From Away at a local theatre near me last night. My favorite song is most definitely Me And The Sky.❤
I saw Myles Frost as MJ on Broadway three times. He was epic. Must see!
Glad a chorus line is coming back from what I remember covid really hit sales in seeing hit five Times in Leicester
I already have tickets booked for Hadestown, I've been wanting to see it for years as a big Greek mythology nerd and so excited that it's finally coming, I'll be seeing it in March. Also immediately book for Next To Normal as soon as the run was announced last year because it was one of my favourite shows of 2023, and I'm so happy they've just announced the full Donmar cast is returning. Fingers crossed for a cast album. I'm seeing that one fairly soon after it opens in June. I have not booked Mean Girls yet, but I will be and I think I also may end up seeing Just For One Day with my mum, she went to LiveAid (as she is constantly fond of reminding us) so it feels like something she will want to see! I also definitely want to go to the UK tour of Come From Away as I found it fairly late on in its West End run and only got to see it once so super excited to have the chance to see it again.
I'm also finally seeing Everybody's Talking About Jamie when it comes to London next month and I'm very excited for that, I really enjoyed the film. I'm also massively excited for the West End transfer of Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) because I just saw it at the Kiln this week and it was so fantastic, I cannot wait to see it again. So much exciting stuff coming to the West End this year, I can't wait.
I am so excited about Starlight Express too. I snapped up my ticket within 10 mins of them going on sale and paid more than double what I have ever paid for a theatre ticket before. Can't wait (apart from the tube replacement bus service as I am going on a Sunday!
Booked and looking forward to MacBeth with Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma; Havisham at Mil Theatre, Guildford; Lemm Sissay and Frantic Assembly's take on Metamorphosis; also An Enemy of the People with Matt Smith, and Richard My Richard at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Would love to see Hello Dolly and Starlight (as I've never seen either of these before) and wondering how I can sneak into A View From The Bridge in Bath! Hoping to book a cheapish seat for Merchant of Venice 1936 as it's been a tremendous touring production.
Loved this vid, thank you Mickey Joe, it just cost me a bomb! Just booked 42 Balloons (didn't intend to as knew nothing of it), and Chorus Line, and now intend to come back to London in June for a bi annual show bash. Ive just spent over £1k with tickets, travel and accommodation. Argggghhh. ;-)
So much to look forward to in 2024 - very excited for Nye, Player Kings with Ian McKellen and I am intrigued by Steve Coogan in Dr Strangelove later in the year.
Oh I'm so excited to see Player Kings, the chance to see Sir Ian McKellen perform on stage doesn't come around every day so I just HAD to book, also going to be very interested in Dr Strangelove, and I don't know why I didn't realise Steve Coogan was going to be in it, so much YES!
Added a few of these to my list, but I’ll have to fit them around going to see Come From Away 26 times 😂 counting down the days!
Two Strangers (carry a cake across New York) will transfer in April from Kilburn and it’s such a great show/experience in the audience. It’s a limited run so I wouldn’t want anybody to miss it ❤
I’m so excited for theatre this year. So far I’ve got booked in: Bonnie and Clyde, hadestown, six, come from away, wicked and I’ve got a few more on my list. I cannot wait to have a stagy year!
One of the lucky ones who saw Bonnie and Clyde on Broadway. Hope you get to see Jeremy Jordan. Very good.
I have Wizard of Oz & Mean Girls booked for the West End and I have seen Hairspray at my local theatre a few weeks ago (Epsom Playhouse) and am hoping to book Nativity the Musical for November (also at the Epsom Playhouse)
Of these, I've booked for Hadestown, Mean Girls, Next To Normal, Come From Away, Hello Dolly! and Dear Evan Hansen (for 2025 in Manchester). Others I've got booked are Plaza Suite, Songs For A New World, Pacific Overtures, Before After, Operation Mincemeat, Player Kings, Life of Pi and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), which honestly I'm surprised you didn't mention in this video since it's been such a roaring success at the Kiln.
Thank you for reminding me about Hamilton in Manchester. I was 30mins late when I went to see it due to M6 roadworks and that blasted Chanel show causing traffic problems. I absolutely need to make time to catch it again.
Not got much booked yet this year. I know more will be booked. Our next show is peter pan goes wrong, travelling the 2 and a half hours upto Newcastle, luckily my son is at uni there and putting us up for the night.
I’ve actually seen one of these! I saw The Picture of Dorian Gray when it came to NZ! Don’t know if it’s the same actress and I’m no theatre critic but I found it very effective and also surprisingly book accurate compared to the film versions.
After watching this I'm a little bit nervous about Opening Night...As a big Sheridan fan I booked straight away but we'll see!
I remember watching live aid.
Thanks again for this.
Please do one for Broadway if you can. It’s a packed Tony season!
The bar for best new musical has been set quite low so far sadly, but there are quite a few new productions opening in the next few months, as well as a few playing now that aren't eligible yet due to still being in previews, so who knows. Musical revival is going to be a competitive category, with new productions of Merrily, The Wiz, Spamalot and Cabaret all in serious contention from the sound of it, as well as Gutenberg!
@@TheTradge A lot of new musicals in the spring that will be Tony eligible.
so far Best New Musical Nominee will be The NoteBook. Back to the Future will get a few.
@@amycarcaterra8177 I saw Hell’s Kitchen at the Public. Guessing that will be a factor.
Hoping to get tickets for Hadestown, Cabaret and For Black Boys. Still debating between getting tickets for The Motive And The Cue or Cruel Intentions 🤔
Did the say who's playing Queen in 1 Day Only? And Standing at the Sky's Edge is marvelous. I really want to see Come From Away, Dorian Gray, and the Gielgood Burton Taylor thing. And Hadestown.
You should go see Wicked on tour in Dublin… as you could see Wicked on Sunday 15th September and Hamilton on Tuesday 17th September in the same venue 😂
I'm looking forward to Beeltejuice! Also I hope someday Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief will be in the West End, would love that!
I have wicked, Jesus Christ superstar, sister act, come from away, wizard of oz, Hamilton, Bonnie and Clyde, a chorus line and hairspray all booked at Birmingham Hippodrome!!!!
I'm going to have so much fun following your coverage this year. Very interested how your run of Mean Girls turns out & obviously how Next To Normal's return goes (cast recording *fingers crossed* I'll see if I can get any hints from Caissie while she's at EPCOT this month) Both West End & Broadway this year are beyond stacked so as always a good time to be a theatre fan.
A musical set on the day I was. Born? (13th July 1985 aka the day of Live Aid) well I have to go see that. 😄
Imelda and Hello Dolly is the best decision at the London Palladium is a long, long time.
Most excited to see Mean girls
Unsure about the other new ones
Would love to see wicked on tour
Planning Southampton in May
Everybody’s talking about Jamie is in Sadler’s wells London from 8/2. Going to that. Also Jesus Christ superstar is on tour as well. Seeing it in Wimbledon and Woking in May and June respectively
A musical set on the day I was. Born? (13th July 1985) well I have to go see that. 😄
Llan- DID-no, as opposed to ‘dud’ (Wales forgives you!).
I really want to see Wicked on tour too. I’ve seen Hamilton in London and we have tickets for Cardiff too. I’m hoping to see Come from Away on tour too. Lots of exciting stagey stuff!!
Is Shucked still coming this year?
As much as I HATE to spring it up, but since WE and receiving Regional theatre’s have implemented the restrictive (and ableist) new Access ticket guidelines, introduced by the “Access Card” scheme, which to obtain such, means one is required to go through a deranged, lengthy and mentally provoking/triggering procedure to obtain essential companion tickets, just like that of the DWP’s “Fit to Work” assessments, I unfortunately won’t be seeing ANY of the shows mentioned 😢🥺😤😡😭!
I wanted to see Sunset Blvd, and was looking forward to seeing the Live Aid Musical at the Old Vic, Hello Dolly at the Palladium and CFA on tour, but regrettably, won’t be able to, unless some reasonable adjustments can be made, but from experience through Delfont Macintosh theatres, when trying to get to see Oklahoma, things are looking pretty thin! It’s a good job ABBA Voyage doesn’t do it, and continues to champion neurodiversity, but this is bang out order don’t you think? As Alanis might relate “It’s like rain 🌧️ on your wedding 💒 day…”.
The Baker’s Wife at the Menier? A cult favourite.
What about the uk tour of Aladdin with mamma Mia I have a dream contestant Desmonda as princess jasmine
Is the 2024 Next to Normal a limited run like at the Donmar or a longer run? Ill need time to rob a bank to afford to go there. The obsession is on hold.
Great to hear about so many shows coming to the UK. You didn't mention Shucked. There's no theatre booked but it will be coming to London. I also heard that Take Me Out is on the way as well as Some Like It Hot. Maybe those are just wishful thinking? Burlesque announced that it will open in London at the end of 2024. For me, I need to see Starlight Express but the seats are very expensive when your need is to be in the middle of the action as in Bochum. Opening Night is also on my list of must see. For now I'll just have be content to see the 10 shows on my radar for next week.
Speaking of musical revivals, I am desperately anticipating your review of Pacific Overtures at the Menier Chocolate factory!
The reviews are good in general. I was supposed to see it a couple weeks ago but they canceled both shows that Saturday because of COVID.
Got tickets so far to see 42 Balloons, Come From Away, Hamilton, A Chorus Line and Dear Evan Hansen🎈🌎⭐️💃👕
I'm getting a severe severe case of deja vu... is this a re upload
Tis indeed! Had to fix the titles!
@@MickeyJoTheatre ahhhhh oh can I also add a show I'm super excited I got tickets for....Kerry Ellis in concert
@@MickeyJoTheatre actually Mickey, accordion to that. Come from Away is short musical with no intermission, they cut down to 1 hour and 40 minutes, it was orignally going to be a two act musical, but they cutdown to One Act Musical
So no Beetlejuice then...
$200.00 for good orch seating for MJ at the Prince Edward Theatre
Correction, remembered fondly all over the western world (can't speak for the other half) Now, that is, if you speak with people born before 1976 (?) so that they have in memory. In sweden, we only had 2 tv-channels at the time, this was shown and therefore almost everyone, who was allowed to stay up, got to see it. 400 milllion viewers all over the world...Not really a local interest..;)
I booked 42 balloons when it was announced based on your reaction to having seen staged concert.
Wow! The UK is having an embarrassment of theatrical riches this coming year causing me to consider my travel plans for the late spring/ early summer. 😮🤪😜👍🙏
I really want to see Dorian Gray but yikes those tickets are pricey!
Myles Frost has an alternate but in MJ the Musical they have no set performance(s) the alternate will be on. it goes week by week. so don't be mad that kieran alleyne. or even kawme kandekore as MJ. MJ is emotionally and physically draining. you have to look at the sexy chemistry between MJ & Rachel in the scenes on the side together majority of the musical. MJ the Musical recoup on Broadway asap. How do you think people will embrace MJ the musical in the Uk or countries around there?. i saw aramie payton as Mj and Bailey McCall as Rachel on Broadway. Myles lucky Ephraim Sykes left for a project during covid. we have 2 alternates for young michael and one little marlon but understudies young michael too.
I really need you stop watching your videos, as a guy in Missouri, USA it makes me sad I won’t see these. Just need to save up for a trip out there!
Seeing Two Strangers again when it transfers, am very excited about Hadestown and virtually anything happening at @sohoplace (love love that theatre) And this video just made me look at tickets for both London Days Journey into night and Next to Normal (which is gonna force me to return to London haha)