We get treated like actual professional theatre reviewers in this special episode about Brassneck's 2025 show, Ghost. One time, autocorrect changed the title of this show to 'Ghost!' which seems like it would be a very different show. Stay tuned till the very end to hear Juno's hard-nosed journalistic skills in action.

Crazy dentists, killer plants and very expensive tote bags all feature in our last New York episode on the long-running Westside Theatre’s revival of Little Shop of Horrors. And if this show is a favourite of yours, we recommend reading ‘Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors’ by Adam Abraham.

If Juno sounds like she’s falling asleep in this episode, let’s put it down to jet lag; it’s definitely not a reflection on this show, which, despite what the reviews might have said, was very entertaining. And also JEREMY JORDAN. Big questions we ask in this episode include what excuse can there be for a boring poster, can a playbill be used as a weapon, and, seriously, had nobody else actually read ‘The Great Gatsby ‘?

The problem with having a big lag between recording and posting episodes is made clear here as we speculate wildly on the outcome of the Tony’s, which happened months ago. Oh well. Merrily We Roll Along has been one of *the* big shows on Broadway in 2024 and we were lucky enough to see it on our New York trip, so listen to find out why Playbills can be scary and for some bad Harry Potter jokes.

Since we saw this show in May it has sadly closed, but we’ll keep the heart of rock and roll beating with this discussion of a show that is super funny (as you will hear repeatedly). Also featured: Pez dispensers, Frozen links and why you really should never put anything on the ledge at the front of the balcony.

We went to New York in May and started our week of Broadway with the Alicia Keys jukebox musical, Hell’s Kitchen, which recently won 2 Tony’s for its incredible performances. Listen to us rave about this fantastic show, as well as some timekeeping-related transatlantic differences and more discussion than you would expect about the logistics of poster purchasing.

It’s the show all the theatre nerds were talking about this spring; the glorious, delightful and inventive 42 Balloons. Associated nonsense includes Ted Lasso plot holes, more carpark reviews and some McFly rumour-mongering. Keep a look out for this show; it HAS TO come back and you must not miss it.

A perfect example of why a bit of research before ticket purchasing is always a good idea, in this episode we discuss a recent cinema screening of An American in Paris, along with a weird amount of World War II content, book recommendations and a completely irrelevant reference to Bring it On.