# the best and worst of WEST END LIVE 2026 | reviewing every musical performance

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/the-best-and-worst-of-west-end-live-2026-reviewing-every-musical-performance
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/the-best-and-worst-of-west-end-live-2026-reviewing-every-musical-performance.md
Podcast: [MickeyJoTheatre](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341)
Published: 2026-06-23T23:08:44+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/mickeyjotheatre/episodes/6a3b11fc6cc0d2f382862268
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6859c85ac95a56eb6a774829/e/6a3b11fc6cc0d2f382862268/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/episodes/the-best-and-worst-of-west-end-live-2026-reviewing-every-musical-performance
Duration seconds: 3043

## Resource

This weekend, Mickey-Jo headed back to one of the most anticipated, and best attended events in the UK theatrical calendar: West End Live! This annual free performance featured almost all of the musicals in the West End including Hercules, The Lion King, Les Misérables, Hamilton, Six, Matilda, Paddington, Beetlejuice, Titanique and more as well as various upcoming, regional and off-West End shows! In today's new episode Mickey-Jo is reviewing almost all of the performances from the weekend, check it out to hear his thoughts on who was the most entertaining and gave the best sales pitch! 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.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/episodes/the-best-and-worst-of-west-end-live-2026-reviewing-every-musical-performance/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/the-best-and-worst-of-west-end-live-2026-reviewing-every-musical-performance.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.