Best British Musical of the last decade

Objectively Tammy Faye. Maybe Groundhog Day.

Subjectively Cinderella/Bad Cinderella. #SorryNotSorry 😱!

Controversial opinion - I am not sure Six counts as a musical... It doesn't use music to move the story along... There isn't really any story.

I agree that Six is great (and so popular) but surely its more of a concert than a musical.

It's good yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it when I saw it (and have booked to see it again when it comes to CFT on tour in Feb) but I personally didn't get much more out of seeing it live than I did listening to the cast recording.

Very subjective topic this, but for me the overriding element of a good musical is in the storytelling. Six is a unique concept, clever and entertaining but it didn't get me thinking about it for days, weeks, months later, like other shows with an emotional heart. Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, just that I enjoyed other shows more...

Going off topic, I guess that's the beauty of theatre, we all react differently to productions. I know that my preference is for extremes; shows that connect deeply for me on an emotional level, like BB (other examples off the top of my head Next to Normal, Miss Saigon, Billy Elliott... ) or on a laugh out loud, clever, spoof level like Operation Mincemeat (think Spamalot, Eugenius...).

Yeah they were great!

Tammy Faye at the Almeida was one of those privileged to be there moments.
I so wish they’d gone West End, not Broadway!

For me, it’s EASILY “Standing at the Sky’s Edge”.

God it’s slim pickings isn’t it

Agree Standing At The Sky’s Edge was a fabulous piece of theatre and I loved it.

Am just not sure it’s a stunning MUSICAL. I mean, obvs you can call it whatever you like lol. And the music was very atmospheric and sort of served as a great background to the story (almost filmic) but it didn’t move the plot on at all.

Is it a play with music? Dunno.

But yeah. Deffo one of the best new British things of last 10 years!

Yeah. There’s not a huge amount!

For me:

Everybody's Talking About Jamie.
Flowers For Mrs Harris
Standing at the Sky's Edge.

I suspect my list is skewed towards the shows starting in Sheffield given I can get to that easier than London so have missed a lot of the others mentioned, but there's no denying Sheffield Theatres were on a roll with these ones.

Also: Tammy Faye - loved it from start to finish.

I'd vote for Six as the best "theatre production in general" in that it was fresh, different and topical.

But not so much as a musical. I realize I find it hard to settle for 1-2 musicals here. Jamie perhaps, which was great when it started and had some good songs with good lyrics (my bugbear), also Eugenius, which deserved a West End production instead of a tiny cheap revival. Broken Wings very much underrated.

Tammy Faye also had great songs, but I still find it hard to care for the subject matter. Similiarly, Standing on the Sky's Edge had brilliant storytelling and great songs, but ultimately those were jukebox songs not specifically written for the show and the storylines were a bit too clichéd for me. Groundhog Day I can't bring myself to consider a British musical, if so, it would be up there.

Operation Mincemeat I haven't seen yet. What stands out to me is that British musicals have become smaller and smaller in recent years. Which is fine as such, but not worth it for a foreign musical tourist like me. I now booked Benjamin Button based on all the hype here, so y'all better be right

Excellent! Was bonkers but just really good fun! And some cracking tunes!
Bit like Moby Dick - bonkers and we’ll never see it again. But also great fun.
Googled the writers earlier. Knew the name Gabriel Vick but couldn’t place him.

Do remember there was quite a polarising response to it on here!