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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Menier chocolate factory | History Defined

Ben Platt ‘thrilled’ to star in UK premiere of Midnight At The Never Get

The stage and screen actor, 32, is best known for staring in Dear Evan Hansen, Theatre Camp and the Pitch Perfect films.

Evening Standard

Elephant at Menier Chocolate Factory review: Anoushka Lucas' play still captivates and provokes

4/5 Lucas is a soulful and magnetic interpreter of her own and others’ writing

Evening Standard

‘I said there was no reason to make it a musical!’ Mel Brooks on The Producers’ West End transfer

Veteran director, who originally opposed adapting 1967 film for the stage, is ‘very proud’ as Menier Chocolate Factory production will move to London’s Garrick theatre

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The Producers at Menier Chocolate Factory review: a superb revival of this buoyantly vulgar Broadway musical

4/5 Come for the great gags and music, stay for the hotpants and giant spangled Bratwurst

Evening Standard

The Producers review – daring delight is the sparkling standout of London’s festive theatre

Director Patrick Marber and a multitasking ensemble put on an irresistible revival of Mel Brooks’ musical satire

The Guardian - UK

The Producers returns to the London stage – and it’s as sharp and taboo-busting as ever

4/5 Patrick Marber directs a crowd-pleasing new revival of Mel Brooks’s timeless musical at the Menier Chocolate Factory

The Independent UK

Pacific Overtures review – small Sondheim is beautifully done

Co-production with Osaka company brings 1976 study of American imperialism arriving in Japan to subtle, funny life

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Pacific Overtures at Menier Chocolate Factory review: this Sondheim revival is a wonderful revelation

Unexpected? Yes, but don't let that put you off: this musical is a bijou delight

Evening Standard

The Third Man: A Musical Thriller review – atmospheric and eccentric version of classic noir

The songs may not compare to the 1949 film’s zither music, but the design amplifies Trevor Nunn’s elegantly shadowy production

The Guardian - UK

Alex Edelman: Just for Us at the Menier Chocolate Factory review: brilliantly, intricately funny

Edelman is a compelling, super-energetic performer; witheringly smart and laceratingly self-critical

Evening Standard

Timothy Hutton on The Sex Party: ‘Do I think it will be controversial? I don’t know …’

He won an Oscar at 20 for Ordinary People, acted with the ‘brat pack’ and worked with Polanski and Lumet. As the star makes his London stage debut, he looks back – and anticipates giving audiences a shock

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