Theatre Review Roundups

Best Value West End & Large Scale Theatre Shows (New openings)

1. 1. Ballet Shoes (National)
   2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   3. The Years
   4. Ncuti Gatwa in The Importance of Being Earnest
   5. Why Am I So Single?
   6. Fawlty Towers
   7. Hadestown
   8. Steve Coogan in Dr Strangelove
   9. Robin Hood (Palladium)
   10. Lily Collins in Barcelona 
   11. Sigourney Weaver in The Tempest

1. 1. Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Donmar) 
   2. The Producers (Menier)
   3. The Invention of Love (Hampstead)
   4. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Almeida)
   5. The Little Foxes (Young Vic)

Shows ranked by critics’ average rating

• • Ballet Shoes (National) 4.3★
  • Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Donmar) 4.3★
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 4.3★
  • The Years 4.2★
  • The Producers (Menier) 4.2★
  • Ncuti Gatwa in The Importance of Being Earnest 3.8★
  • Why Am I So Single? 3.6★
  • Fawlty Towers 3.6★
  • Hadestown 3.6★
  • Robin Hood (Palladium) 3.5★
  • The Invention of Love (Hampstead) 3.4
  • Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Almeida) 3.3★
  • The Little Foxes (Young Vic) 3.2★
  • Steve Coogan in Dr Strangelove 3.0★
  • Sigourney Weaver in The Tempest 2.7★
• Lily Collins in Barcelona 2.6★

Long running West End shows

• • MJ The Musical 3.1★
  • Tina: The Tina Turner Musical 3.9★
  • Witness For The Prosecution 3.5★
  • The Devil Wears Prada with Vanessa Williams 2.8★
  • Mean Girls 3.7★
  • Starlight Express 3.9★