{"podcast":{"title":"MickeyJoTheatre","slug":"mickeyjotheatre-6907341","podcast_index_feed_id":6907341,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6859c85ac95a56eb6a774829","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/mickeyjotheatre","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6859c85ac95a56eb6a774829/1768220284464-1b94d097-ec53-4841-90ea-c4b714186419.jpeg","author":"MickeyJoTheatre","episode_count":691,"summary":"Join Mickey-Jo from MickeyJoTheatre as he reviews the latest show from the West End, Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-West End, Edinburgh Fringe and across the globe. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T02:19:19.832458+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341"},"episode":{"title":"Sweeney Todd starring Ramin Karimloo, Meow Meow (Birmingham Rep) - ★★★ REVIEW","slug":"sweeney-todd-starring-ramin-karimloo-meow-meow-birmingham-rep-review","published_at":"2026-07-16T09:37:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/sweeney-todd-starring-ramin-karimloo-meow-meow-birmingham-rep-review","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341","url":"https://shows.acast.com/mickeyjotheatre/episodes/6a58a64e6f12922686984d4c","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6859c85ac95a56eb6a774829/e/6a58a64e6f12922686984d4c/media.mp3","summary":"A new production of the musical SWEENEY TODD, written by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, opened earlier this week at the Birmingham Rep in the UK. The revival, which stars Ramin Karimloo and Meow Meow, features a condensed company and orchestra, offering a chamber-style reinterpretation of the usually grand piece, as well as shifting its setting around a century earlier. Find out more about this production, the winning material, and these new performances in this full review... check out Mickey-Jo's free substack newsletter: www.mickeyjotheatre.substack.com • 00:00 | introduction 02:36 | the material 10:25 | this revival 21:46 | the performances 30:39 | conclusion 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.","meta_description":"A new production of the musical SWEENEY TODD, written by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, opened earlier this week at the Birmingham Rep in the UK. The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1897,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/episodes/sweeney-todd-starring-ramin-karimloo-meow-meow-birmingham-rep-review/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mickeyjotheatre-6907341/sweeney-todd-starring-ramin-karimloo-meow-meow-birmingham-rep-review.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}