By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
WHEN?: Friday 30 October 2026, tour runs through 23 March 2027
Some six months ago, having heard Knats on 6Music, I booked these tickets for Mr H, as a bit of a surprise really.
By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
WHEN?: Saturday 31 October 2026, tour runs through 6 November 2026
This is probably the 10th or 11th time we’ve seen them (and by we, I mean my friend and I, not Mr H!).
The musical hit of the summer transfers from the National Theatre’s intimate Dorfman to the Bridge to tell its story of lesbian and gay support for the miners during their 80s strike. New cast members include Dan Hand as Bromley, Ryan Kopel as Mark and Carl Spencer as Reggie. We said back in June: ‘Don’t miss your chance to see 1 of the best new musicals of the year so far.’ It was longlisted for 3 of our monstas this summer. Runs 12 November 2026 through 8 May 2027. Tickets
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: Friday 16 October, opens 29 October and runs through 28 November 2026 RUNTIME: 130 minutes (no interval)
Adapter/director Robert Icke’s most recent leading ladies have gone on to awards success including Sadie Sink (Stage Debut Award for Romeo and Juliet) and a Best Actress Olivier and Tony for Lesley Manville (Oedipus)
It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2026? Over the next 3 months we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2026.
Read on for the nominees for the monsta for Best Venue Previous winners 2025 London Palladium; 2024 @SohoPlace 2023 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, 2022: The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre for Cabaret Tickets Review 1 2021: Gillian Lynne Theatre 2020: Bridge Theatre, 2019: Old Vic, 2018: Bush Theatre
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By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: Friday 9 October, opens 20 October and runs through 31 October 2026 RUNTIME: 90 minutes (no interval)
The best reason to see this re-imagined revival of Martin Guerre is to hear new song Someday (watch and listen below) which very much reminds of Schönberg and Boublil’s best loved work Les Miserables thanks in part to Liv Andrusier’s beautiful vocal.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: Wednesday 23 September, opens 29 September and runs through 12 December 2026 RUNTIME: 150 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
This is the story of John Maynard Keynes, considered one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, who turned his back on a life of homosexuality as part of the Bloomsbury Group and married a Russian ballerina.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Thursday 17 September, tour runs through 24 September 2026
Setlist: Remedy; Waiting On Nina; Fault Lines; The Thread; I Don’t Need Light; From Here To Nowhere; Three Moon Trail; Removed; Matter; Early Promise; DLR
Family Stereo ‘folkish rockery’ frontman Blake Watt is reflecting on this, his band’s 1st sell-out London show, and tells an amusing story about ‘survivors’ guilt’.
By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
Mike Skinner brought The Streets to the seafront, the GLC and the Inbetweeners.
By Aline Mahrud
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN? Friday 28 August, opens 3 September and runs through 24 October 2026 RUNTIME: 150 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
The best thing about this revival of a 2003 US play inspired by a 1981 scandal in which a journalist won a Pulitzer Prize for writing about an inner city child only to later admit the story was fraudulent is the promising performance of Letitia Wright (pictured centre above) at its heart.
