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Avenue Q

Description: A refreshingly witty musical performed by an unholy comedic alliance of humans and puppets. This huge Broadway success ... more

Avenue Q ... is now at the Noël Coward Theatre!

Newest Review: ... is where the similarity ends, though, as "Sesame Street" was never like this. Although the backdrop is largely very simple, being little more than the frontage of Avenue Q itself, there's plenty happening on stage. Much of the show has the characters interacting with each other and so it's very rare that there is only a single character on stage at any given point. Although many ... more

... of the songs have solo sections, very few of them are genuine soloist songs, so even during those sequences you have multiple characters on stage at once, often in different places that require you to always keep an eye on what's happening. Added to ...more

Read Reviews for Avenue Q

Avenue Q-uite Brilliant! (2124 words)
by - written on 07/01/09 (Very useful, 292 readings)
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Over the three years of the show's run, everyone I know who has been to see "Avenue Q" has told me that I should go and see it because I would love it. Everyone from best friends to ex-girlfriends were telling me the same thing, so when I got the chance to check it out, I couldn't turn it down. It certainly says something for the show that of the people I went with, four of them had seen it before and were still willing to pay £20 to see it again. It is testament to how well people know me that I not only enjoyed the show, but also would happily pay my £20 and go again. Surprisingly, for all the hype, the basic idea is a simple one. "Avenue ... Read the complete review

Whats your purpose in life? (240 words)
by - written on 13/09/08 (Useful, 84 readings)
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Finally went to see Avenue Q after 2 years of saying i will. If your not familiar, the play tells the story of the main characters who live on avenue q using seasme street puppets. Characters include "Lucy the slut", Investment banker Rod, and Trekkie Monster. We saw Avenue Q at the Noel Coward Theatre in London. We bought our brilliant tickets off lastminute.com- we paid £17.50 each. Our seats had a fantastic view and were situated on the Royal Circle balcony. The show started on time- and it was a great 2 and a half hours (with a 15 minute recession). I don`t really want to say much as i don`t want to spoil it, however the cast were superb, the ... Read the complete review

Avenue Q: Modern Puppets Show! (317 words)
by - written on 01/09/08 (Very useful, 87 readings)
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I saw this after having bought tickets on the internet and my boyfriend (works in theatre) wanted to go, so I tagged along with him and his friend, them both convincing me that I would enjoy it! I wasn't really sure what to expect, I'd seen the posters in the tube stations of puppets - kind of like the muppets style but this is all I had to go on when walking in the theatre. We had excellent seats, being on the very front row. I think for this show it is worth trying to sit as near to the front as possible to see the actors facial expressions as they do play quite a large roll in the show. The puppets are all on stage with their 'handler' which I ... Read the complete review

U Must C Avenue Q! (1477 words)
by - written on 25/08/06 (Very useful, 2144 readings)
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If the new reality show "How do you Solve a Problem like Maria?" throws you into fits of horror by combining musical mogul, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and an old (albeit, classic) musical like "Sound of Music" then perhaps you'll be happy to know that there's a new musical on stage in London today that you might actually enjoy. It's called "Avenue Q" and has been especially written for people who hate musicals. If, on the other hand, you love musicals (like I do), don't let this put you off – this is still a musical, and a pretty damned good one at that. But just what is "Avenue Q" all about? Certainly from its title one ... Read the complete review