Babies: a new(born) musical - Lyric / The Other Palace

I'd disagree, if a someone dislikes a show that much that the feel they cannot stay for the second act, then I don't see why that wouldn't be a valid opinion.  Do they have to stay (and potentially feel tortured) just to be allowed an opinion?

Overall I liked it. It does get better as it goes on but initially starts out feeling like it could be at the Fringe (and not in a good way). Maybe it was just the nerves of the cast

You will come out singing the main song as it is such an ear worm and they use it well throughout the show. I thought the songs had quite a 90s vibe too them, interesting as it is clearly aimed at the gen-z/gen-alpha crowd

Talking of the crowd, it was the usual Other Palace rent-a-crowd that were in when I went. Seriously, there really isn’t the need to scream so much. Oh I am definitely getting old!!

The actress playing Leah was definitely the stand out and can see her do very well as she executed the fun and serious balance of her character very well. We also had understudy Becky, which I didn’t know until I randomly heard two women talking about it in the tube going home. She was really great

What I think is a positive is that this is the perfect show to give young performers just coming out of drama school a great experience at the start of their career

I nipped back for the early (13:15) Sunday performance, mainly because of a last minute heavily discounted ticket deal, but also a performance around that time on a Sunday suits my schedule performance.

Much as I'm usually a front row person, I was sat a few rows back this time, and it was a much better view, especially of the action taking place at the ends of the stage and in the audience. As usual, I enjoyed this more second time around, and I thought that everything was smoother.

This wasn't too full, unfortunately, but there was a lovely guy on the row behind who was very enthusiastic. I do hope to catch one of his Toby shows before the run comes to an end.

Saw Babies at the weekend with my two teens, we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Very upbeat and funny with a thread of emotion running through with the Leah story.
Great songs, will have you singing on the way home.
My two met the cast afterwards for a photo, which was lovely. Our favourites were Ben (Max Mulrenan) and Becky (Grace Towning) A really fun trip to the theatre.

Press night tomorrow! Hopefully good reviews!

You’re right theatre is so subjective. Not every show is going to appeal to everyone. If I’d taken my teens to Phantom they would have probably wanted to leave in the interval too. As long as a show appeals to its target then that’s a good thing. I’d say the enthusiastic standing ovation was testament to that. (Not that you witnessed it )

That's been the case pretty much since the first preview.

It's a shame really that it's running at the same time as Heathers has made its short-term return (and also Mean Girls is running), as a lot of the likely audience will go to those other shows first.

Lauren Conroy who is playing Jasmine has just been announced as Zoe on the DEH tour

Wondering about first row on this, which is marked as Restricted View. I believe this was the case as well with Cruel Intentions (and maybe Heathers?), but there was nothing blocking the view apart from actors coming in too close to the front and maybe you'd miss some / very little on the action

Is it *actually* blocked by anything on stage on this one?

Absolutely loved this on Tuesday night. Jack Godfrey is such a talented composer and it’s so exciting to see this and 42 Balloons enjoying success. Many of the cast featured in the show’s concert performances at the Lyric Theatre last year and have returned for the full run.

Lauren Conroy is a standout as high-achiever Jasmin, striking the right balance between the character’s Monica Geller-esque desire to succeed and, well, being a 15-year-old girl. ‘Jasmin’s Soliloquy’ is a great character performance through song and Conroy captivates as Jasmin becomes increasingly desperate, often to comic effect.

Jaina Brock-Patel is wonderful as Becky, who sees caring for her baby simulator as the perfect vehicle for Tiktok paid partnership videos. Having appeared as Katherine Howard in the UK tour of Six, she was clearly channeling her previous role as she brought the house down with ‘Someone Else’.

Lucy Carter as Lulu also proves a highlight, giving excellent comedic timing as her character fights to be heard among her domineering friendship group.

Meanwhile, Babies is Zoë Athena’s (playing Leah) debut in a professional musical production and she handled it with ease. Leah is at the centre of Geelan’s book and is very much the ‘lead’, if an ensemble piece such as this could be considered to have one.

However, that is the show’s only drawback; here are eight characters, all battling for space and sometimes their narratives get a little bit lost. While the story is endearing, a stronger, more compelling narrative is needed if Babies is to achieve commercial longevity.

It’s a shame to see that this is struggling to sell. Its indie pop score really ought to speak to those of us in the MT community aged late 20s/early 30s. I reckon I’ll be back for a second watch.

Four stars.




No restrictions and in fact the seats are at stage level, rather than being slightly below for previous productions. If I go again I will aim for the first row I think.

My 3rd time last night, just brilliant. 4* across the board so far by the looks of reviews. Cast are so brilliant and it's the kind of show I want to see right now - just fun and silly and great cast

They're trying!!

I really want to see but there literally no days I am free to get up to London Maybe I'll make a blank space in my schedule.

I hope they release a recording maybe.