Menier Chocolate Factory

We are ready for the first preview of Spamilton! #spamilton

The Royal Air Force's 100th anniversary celebration has made us think of "Take Flight" by Richard Maltby Jr & David Shire. Directed by Sam Buntrock, with Sally Ann Triplett, Michael Jibson, Ian Bartholomew, Elliot Levey, Sam Kenyon, Clive Carter, Christopher Colley, Ian Conningham, John Conroy, Helen French, Liza Pulman, Kaisa Hammarlund & Eddie Gower. #tbt #throwbackthursday #mcf #menierchocolatefactory #takeflight #musical #theatre

Happy London Pride! #prideinlondon #loveislove

"Hey, Sista, whatcha gon' do?" The Color Purple, which went on to win the Tony Award for Best Revival, opened 5 years ago today at the Menier Chocolate Factory! Directed by John Doyle, with Marc Akinfolarin, Adebayo Bolaji, Ashley Campbell, Lakesha Cammock, Darlene Charles, Cynthia Erivo, Keisha T Fraser, Nicola Hughes, Leon Lopez, Abiona Omonua, Jennifer Saayeng, Samantha-Antoinette Smith & Joe Speare.

Last opportunity to catch The Grönholm Method! Only 6 performances left... Book your tickets here:

"Now & Later" Last Sunday former members of the cast of our production of A Little Night Music reunited for a little afternoon of summer smiles. Directed by Trevor Nunn, Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music opened 10 years ago! #throwbackthursday #nowandlater #tbt #menierchocolatefactory #alittlenightmusic #sendintheclowns #trevornunn #stephensondheim

"Love changes everything" Today we celebrate Don Black's 80th birthday by looking back at our production of Aspects of Love. Directed by Trevor Nunn, with Chris Mellon, Dave Willetts, David Roberts, Dominic Tighe, Ian McLarnon, Jill Armour, Katherine Kingsley, Louisa Lydell, Martyn Ellis, Michael Arden, Rebecca Brewer, Rebecca Trehearn, Rosalie Craig & Savannah Stevenson.

First day of rehearsals for #Spamilton We are beyond excited!! #menierchocolatefactory #firstdayofrehearsal #theatre #rehearsals

"How much love is enough?" Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy opened at the Menier Chocolate Factory 6 years ago. Directed by Douglas Hodge, with David Bedella, Tom Rhys Harries, Sara Kestelman, Joe McFadden, Perry Millward & Laura Pyper.

Meet our cast for SPAMILTON!
Marc Akinfolarin returns to the Menier, where he previously appeared in Assassins and The Color Purple. His other theatre credits include Spamalot (UK tour), Peter and The Starcatcher (Royal and Derngate, Northampton), Floyd Collins (Wilton's Music Hall), Sweeney Todd (English National Opera) & Porgy and Bess (Royal Danish Opera).
Sophie-Louise Dann returns to the Menier where she previously appeared in both productions of Forbidden Broadway. Her ...other theatre work includes The Girls (Olivier Award nomination), Bend it Like Beckham (both Phoenix Theatre), Oliver! (Grange Park Opera), Made in Dagenham (Adelphi Theatre), Closer than Ever (Jermyn Street Theatre) & Lend Me a Tenor (Gielgud Theatre – Oliver Award nomination).
Jason Denton’s theatre work includes School of Rock (New London Theatre), Showboat (New London and Sheffield Theatres), Save The Last Dance For Me (UK tour), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Stephen Ward (both at the Aldwych), Hot Stuff, Hello Dolly! & Piaf (Curve Theatre, Leicester).
Eddie Elliott’s theatre work includes Motown (Shaftesbury Theatre), Dry Cleaned (Intermission Theatre), Cinderella (Hackney Empire), South Pacific (Barbican and UK tour), Five Guys Named Moe (Theatre at the Mill), We Will Rock You (UK tour), The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre) and The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre).
Damian Humbley returns to the Menier having appeared in Merrily We Roll Along (also Harold Pinter Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company, USA), Life of the Party (also TheatreWorks SV - Bay Theatre Award), Forbidden Broadway (also Vaudeville Theatre) and The Last 5 Years. His other theatre work includes Lend Me A Tenor (Gielgud Theatre), The Woman In White (Palace Theatre) & Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre).
Liam Tamne’s theatre work includes Working (Southwark Playhouse), The Rocky Horror Show (UK tour), The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Departure Lounge -- the Musical (Perfect Pitch), Hair (Gielgud Theatre), Hairspray (Shaftesbury Theatre) and Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre).
Julie Yammanee’s theatre credits include Lazarus (King’s Cross Theatre), Priscilla Queen of The Desert (international tour), Here Lies Love (National Theatre), Avenue Q (UK tour), The World Goes Round (Yellow Glass Theatre) and Rapunzel (Theatre Royal Stratford East).
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The Menier Chocolate Factory production of (Little Shop) Little Shop of Horrors opened almost 12 years ago! Directed by Matthew White, with Sheridan Smith, Paul Keating, Barry James, Mike McShane, Jasper Britton, Katie Kerr, Jenny Fitzpatrick, Melitsa Nicola, Andy Heath, Corrie Mac & Matt Eames.

Well WOW!! What a fantastic way to spend a Sunday afternoon. A superb ensemble performance - fantastic music, acrobatics, colourful lighting/costume, imaginative staging and great storytelling with some notably excellent solo’s all in an intimate small theatre where, as a member of the audience, you really feel part of all the action. Well done to all those involved!

The themed meal to the play evenings are excellent and we have done a few most recently Funny Girl and Adrian Mole. Excellent food and entertainment reasonably priced in a very warm and intimate setting. Love it.

The play (Lettice and Loveage) fantastic with stellar performances from Felicity Kendall and Maureen Lipman.

Theatre is lovely (first visit) but think the seat numbers should be moved and a few tickets sacrificed to ensure that larger than average patrons have room and are not taking someone else's seat as well as their own. We were all squished in!!

The Secret Life of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 the Musical was a brilliant remake and the score was hilarious from start to finish. A huge applause has to go to IIan Galkoff who played Adrian last night 02/09/17

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻and well done to the rest of the cast, who were cleverly moving the set around while performing! If you get a chance, get yourselves to the Menier Choclate Factory, London. Directed by Luke Shepard, Book and Lyrics by Jake Brunger and Music and Lyrics by Pippa Cleary. Running until 09 September 2017.

Saw the last night of Lettice and Lovage and I absolutely LOVED it - so glad I didn't let other reviews put us off booking! It was both very funny and very poignant, faultless from both leads and clever ensemble; I also loved the soundtrack! Yet another superb evening at this wonderful theatre, thank you all!

Saw Barnum here and it was pure joy. Such an intimate venue which makes you feel part of the show. Excellent all round. Second time we have come here and will be returning.

My two complaints re the venue - the seats could be better and the air conditioning could be better as well (it was rather hot.)

As for the show - I watched The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and it was excellent - probably the most hilarious musical show I've seen (wa-a-ay above the Book of Mormon!). Acting was beyond my wildest dreams, and the four child actors (Ilan Galkoff, Georgia Pemberton, Max Robson and Callum McDonald) performed like a seasoned pros with dozens of years of acting experience.

Loved Barnum, superb setting, fab performers and story, good to know more about the famous man.

Love this venue, it never disappoints. Inadvertently, we booked our show and a table in the Resturant the exact week before we turned up. It was our fault entirely. The staff we excellent and very understanding of our situation. They found us a table in the Resturant and as an act of kindness they did not charge us any service charge. Also, the lady in the booking office could not have been more helpful. She was able to find us seats and allowed us to transfer our tickets. Excellent customer care. As for the show, funny, well acted and would love to see it transferred to the west end.

Just been to see Barnum, a truly wonderful experience from the delicious food to the energy of the fab cast, loved every minute of it.

I love this theatre. So different and unique. And every production I've seen there has had something special to offer. Contrary to the review written here earlier about Maureen Lipman and Felicity Kendall in "Lettice and Lovage" .... I can only think that these wonderful actresses have grown into and bedded into the roles. I saw it last night and thought it so good. Very funny. I guess the answer is to go see for yourself ... but I loved it!

I just love this theatre and every show/play I've seen there has been exceptional. Nearly always eat in the restaurant before the show which is a lovely experience too. My only complaint would be not knowing very far in advance what's on next. I've no idea what's on after 'Lettice and Lovage' which finishes in July.

Great show! But paying £45 for a ticket you'd expect an actual seat, not a bench seat! As it was just me I couldn't select my own seat- the one I was allocated was front row, right at the end. It was ok though. All the cast were great - especially the youngsters. You have to love seeing grown ups as kids in class too. I'd like to see another show at the Menier soon

Barnum.....Brilliant ���

Fab show with a hugely talented ( and human) cast in an equally fab theatre!

Barnum as it should be done!!!, such a great show, amazing cast, well done to all of you. The principals always receive the accolades, but i’m sure even they would agree, this is a true ensemble show that wouldn’t work without them, everyone a star!

ADRIAN MOLE KIDS SAY THANKS!!

Thanks you so much to the Menier Restaurant and Box office teams for looking after our booking yesterday. The incredible kids and the mums from Adrian Mole enjoyed a fantastic reunion yesterday to see Barnum! We loved the show and it was a perfect place and show to get together after our incredible Adrian Mole show from Summer 2017. �

Merry Christmas and see you next year!! �

Menier theatre handles excellent productions and make great use of a small theatre.

Adrian Mole musical was excellent with a great cast and I enjoyed it a lot. It finishes 9th Sept so anyone wanting to see it need to move fast.

Very happy to recommend this lively theatre.

Love this location, Lettice and Lovage was a great play with two great actresses. We could not get a table to eat in the theatre and I made several calls, but was told they were just letting people in to eat so could someone ring me back, no one did. I left messages but took several attempts before my calls were returned to say they were full. Need to review their booking system but found a wonderful restaurant, Edwins above Trinity pub on Borough High Street, thoroughly recommend it.

Lettuce & Lovidge. Well where do I start. Totally confused with the spandau ballet gold" blasting out. No idea why it doesn't start till 8, goes on far to long and ended after 10.20. Too wordy & difficult to follow,especially Felicy Kendall's part. More than one person spotted nodding off in the audience. Myself & my companions were distracted & confused & bored & struggled to hear Maureen Lipman. Oh and no air con ! Lots of polite clapping at the end but most looked like they couldn't wait to leave. Very very disappointed