HISTORICAL FACTS: Menier chocolate factory - Caught on Camera

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 · Feb 9

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 · May 30, 2025

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2025

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 · Dec 5, 2023

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 · Jun 20, 2023

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 · Jan 19, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022