Jackie - The Musical

I admit to having had this on my radar for months and though the reviews have been mixed, enough of them have been favourable for me to want to go. But the nearest venue to London seems to be Bromley, which is oddly hard for me to get to without going into London again and out - will probably have to wait until it reaches Brighton or Wimbledon.

This is getting great reviews, doesn't sound like my kind of thing though.

Shows with genuine popular appeal are quite rare, and it sounds as if Jackie may have achieved this. Praise be!

ATG discount emails have been non-existent in my area since Xmas, when a website issue prevented me from booking anything, so some more seem overdue - unless their marketing strategy has changed.  Otherwise you'd think Easter might be the time to advertise further discounts.

That's a very good price, Phantom! I don't mind paying rather more than that; I just miss the offers and am wary of buying a ticket, only for the price I pay to be undercut by a subsequent deal - sometimes I think theatres are their own worst enemy in this respect, as they offend regulars who've already booked and are therefore more reluctant to do so in future.

Loved it!

An energetic and fun night out for all concerned, Janet Dibley looking amazing for someone who is 57 and making me pine for my lost youth when I had a massive crush on her when she was in The Two of Us, sigh!!!!!

Ah Janet, be mine, dump that Rodney Trotter and run off with me, oooooh Janet....oh right sorry excuse me, where was I.

Jackie is going through a divorce and selling her house, as she clears her loft she finds a box of old Jackie magazines - starting to read them she is visited by her 1970s younger self. Can 1970s attitudes help 21st century Jackie make the right decision in how to proceed in her life?

This was a lot better than I was expecting, its an odd mix of Mamma Mia and Our House in the storytelling department but it carries it off with a style and panache all of its own.

Decent tunes, top banter in the script and a good comedy turn from the barman make this a night to remember so put your shoes on your tiger feet and head on down to see it on tour. The only issues I had are the son being made of wood and Jackies best friends accent seemingly changing at the interval - post interval she suddenly appeared to be Canadian.

An exceptionally large, predominately female, crowd at the Kings to see this and they were raucaus but this is exactly the sort of show that requires an audience on its feet and that we were.

9/10

Mmmm. Sitting waiting for this to start and wondering what the hell I've let myself in for. Never sat in a theatre filled with more women. Oh the noise.

That's the one part I am not looking forward to.

I actually have seen Full Monty. I've never ever sat in a worse audience than last night. Most of the audience were absolutely blootered. That said I enjoyed the show.

What's wrong with wishing to see this or a similar show, but in reasonably civilised company? As a female and generally a solo theatregoer, I already find at times that a preponderance of couples or groups - especially if the latter are large and noisy - can be intimidating or off-putting; if the majority of the audience is likely also to be drunk and I am supposed to accept this as the norm, I might as well abandon any plans to go.

A bit of pathos between the cast and the audience is fine as long as it is controlled, when you get females (drunk) they are the absolute worsen for singing, talking and sometimes dancing. Blokes are the worst for looking at their mobiles, then it can be very distracting.

I had a couple of people in Dartford or where badly behaved, but thankfully they weren't by me.

There are several Scottish dates and I know Radio is Scottish and assume Duncan is, In that case I wonder why it does better North of the border?

Alcohol abuse is statistically most prevalent in Scotland.