About this episode
For Theatre fans in the UK, August is all about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and this year Mickey-Jo caught 30 shows in 5 days during his trip!This included musicals, plays, cabarets, and immersive experiences.In today's review roundup Mickey-Jo is sharing snippets of the reviews he created in order to rank every show he saw!•00:00 | Introduction02:16 | Sing, River03:19 | Buff04:19 | We'll Have Nun Of It05:19 | Chriskirkpatrickmas06:30 | Tink07:41 | Polko08:43 | Jingle Street09:58 | Adults11:07 | On Your Bike12:05 | God Catcher13:17 | Monét XChange: Life be Lifein'14:45 | Four Felons and a Funeral15:52 | The Grand Old Opera House Hotel17:21 | Larry Owens Live POC: Proof of Concept18:29 | Salty Irina19:31 | A Mountain For Elodie20:32 | Boy Out The City21:39 | Bangers22:48 | Big Kid Kindergarten24:13 | Public the Musical25:40 | Hello Kitty Must Die26:50 | Sean and Daro Flake it Til They Make it28:02 | Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder29:35 | The Kaye Hole30:35 | Potty the Plant32:00 | Anything That We Wanted To Be33:37 | Oscar at the Crown34:55 | No Love Songs36:06 | After the Act: a Section 28 Musical37:39 | Bacon • About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: MickeyJoTheatre is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 60,000 subscribers. Since establishing himself as a theatre critic he has been able to work internationally. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows both in New York, London, Hamburg, and Paris. He has also twice received accreditation from the world renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK and LondonTheatre.co.uk. He has been invited to speak to private tour groups, at the BEAM 2023 new musical theatre conference at Oxford Playhouse, and on a panel of critics at an event for young people considering a career in the arts courtesy of Go Live Theatre Projects. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: MickeyJoTheatre is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 95,000 subscribers. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows in New York, London, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Toronto, Sao Pãolo, and Paris. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK, Musicals Magazine and LondonTheatre.co.uk. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.