Avenue Q

Very funny musical, with a mix of puppets and actors.
Hugely inappropriate with a somewhat twisted sense of humour, but certainly a step down from Book of Mormon.
Not recommended for kids, at all.

On the posters for Avenue Q (Aug 2014) Christopher Hart from the Sunday Times claims this to be the best musical of the decade which is a bit of a stretch. However, Avenue Q does offer some very unique elements including superb puppetry alongside good singing, fantastic acting and a truly inspired script. This combination certainly makes for a brilliant show. The comedy and wit exudes from every aspect of the performances.
Composing lyrics that that rhyme and portray meaning within the concept of the story is not an easy feat indeed, the most perfect example of this done to the highest degree would be in the musical Wicked, but Avenue Q does produce some excellently timed and fitting lyrics. What Avenue Q also succeeds in doing which the musical The Book of Mormon fails to do is create a wonderful balance of comedy without being offensive but actually being inspiring. Warning there are the occasional cringe-​worthy moments of rudeness but this is done playfully and not in a mocking manner.
Avenue Q is not quite spectacular or tear-​jerkingly funny and the use of the TV monitors is a little distracting but overall this show should appeal to everyone, it delivers on a real good laugh and truly impressive talent.

What more do I have to say about Avenue Q than It’s the Funniest show on in the west end!
As the bad idea bears would say go Watch it after some absinth daiquiris!

We were on row q, which was actualy fine as the place is fairly small, so don’t worry about getting cheaper tix.
The show, very funny and acuratley risqué :) weird concept realy but works well.
one thing, not sure the whole Gary colleman thing works so well now…

I don’t think i have ever been to the theatre and laughed so hard! The puppets are hilarious — it’s quick witted, a little risqué (with songs like «the internet is for porn, and a truly funny puppet sex scene) and well scripted.
What I really liked about the show is that as well as being funny it is also an accurate observation of modern life: like the main character, there were lots of people in the theatre that had left uni and still didn’t know what they wanted to do with their lives!
My biggest recommendation for this show is that my boyfriend (who hates the theatre/​musicals especially and resents being made to go!) keeps nagging me to take him back!
We didn’t have the best seats (the £10 cheapo ones at the back in fact) but it really didn’t matter — the show was amazing!

It’s alright — I probably wouldn’t go and see it again unless I was with a big crowd of people who’d all been in the pub for a few hours first. A few of the songs seem to have been added to fill a bit of time, but the puppeteers/​actors are all very likeable and the stage and puppets themselves are good to look at.
It’s kinda like when you are at infants school and learn rude words to a nursery rythme — you think you’re the fist person to hear them and run off telling all your friends, until you realise everyone else has a big brother or sister who’s already tainted their innocent childhood for them.
Alright to waste an evening mid week on, not something I’d take my gran to see.

Avenue Q is really witty and original, so different to the standard musicals. I had heard an awful lot about how brilliant this would be before I went, and although I thought it was funny it didn’t live up to my expectations.
Think that can be the case when you see something after hearing fantastic reviews. I definately enjoyed the night and it’s well worth going to see.

This is a superbly funny puppet show basically. The jokes are rude and certainly not politically correct. The characters are great and you almost forget the human puppet-​master!
Your friends may look at you strangely when you say you’re off to see a puppet show in the West End. Ignore them. Go and see for yourself just how fantastic this is.
I believe it is coming an end in March — so go soon!

You absolutely have to see this before it closes. It’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on stage and is so cleverly done that you’ll be amazed.
The idea of a rude Muppet-​type musical might not appeal to all, but trust me you’ll love it. The puppets are really appealing, and while you can see the puppeteers the whole time it doesn’t distract from the show at all — quite the opposite in fact as you find yourself wondering how they manage to all work so closely together and make it work so well.
An everyday story of puppet and human folk, it tackles issues such as racism, relationships, how to earn a living and the purpose of the internet. You get so involved in it that at times you find yourself quite touched by some of what’s going on, having laughed at a very crude joke only moments before.
The songs are funny and the catchphrases are many. My favourite characters were the Bad Idea Bears (based on a not-​dissimilar sounding children’s range of cuddly toys) whose mission in life is to get others to do things that are a really bad idea.
Avenue Q is definitely not for children and certainly not for the easily shocked, but for the rest of us it’s a brilliant night out that will cheer you up in these credit crunch times.

The internet is for p**n!!!
Starts off on a completely silly premise, but it turns out to be a hundred laughs a minute, and well worth the money. You should definitely make it and meet Kate monster and her friends.
Muppet-​fans, beware! The show should be rated 18-​muppet-​years old and above ;) Sensitive souls should abstain
No matter where you get tickets, you’ll have a blast. Try mid-​week or to get colleagues together and form a larger group as you can get better rates that way.

The way that this show was described to me was as ‘X Rated Muppets’ so I thought I would give it a go as I like musicals and comedy so thought this was would be a good bet. And I’m glad to see I was definitely not disappointed! It was a brilliant show and had me laughing all the way through. The songs were great and very catchy, so much so that I was singing them for a good few days afterwards.
It’s very sad to see that the show will be ending in March so I advise you to catch it before it leaves — you won’t regret it!!! :)

I had read plenty of great reviews for this show, so my expectations were high — these were almost completely met. The show is very funny, I would have preferred not to have been told all the best jokes, be careful not to research too thoroughly.
Lastminute have a good deal for the show, so check the dates with them first. Also, I understand that the show is often for sale at the ½ price ticket booths in Leicester square.
Highly recommended.

This is absolutely the best theatre production I have EVER seen! The songs are fantastic, both lyrically and musically, and they’ll have you humming them all the way home.
The first half is undoubtedly better than the second, and all the best songs are contained within it. My wife and I were laughing almost constantly throughout. Capping it off were the Sesame Street style video presentations that appear on the screens that descend from the ceiling, and for the generations that grew up with the aforementioned kids programme they are funny because they are so ‘wrong’! The non-​politically correct songs are simply hilarious and kudos to the writers and producers for being brave enough to do it.
I’d highly recommend watching the actors too — they were all fantastic and often their expressions and movements mingled with their puppet counterparts with similarity and empathy in equal measure. You’d maybe expect them to not be able to hold notes as well as some other performers in ‘normal’ shows but not true — they were brilliant, and to be able to sing the way they do while being great puppeteers at the same time is all credit to them.
The sets were also fantastic, even though they are pretty minimal.
It IS rude, but you’d be hard pushed to find anything offensive about it.
I was also sitting two seats along from Johnny Ball when I went, so that made the evening all the more enjoyable!

I have been wanting to see this for a while, as I had heard a lot of good things, so I was a bit worried it would be a let down. It wasn’t.
Really funny, pretty crude, it covers most subjects without worring about offending people! Not one to take the kids to, but probably a pretty good place to take a date.
I thought the people operating the puppets would get on my nerves, but they really didn’t, they were excellent at giving the puppets emotions and quirks, that made them really captivating to watch.
Also the theatre is really nice and cosy, so even if your in the circle you don’t feel like your miles away from the stage.

Absolutely adored this show — anyone with a sense of humour, likes the muppets or mayhem should attend.
It’s truly fantastic and the pace is very fast. I was surprised that a show with puppets could be so entertaining (and packed full of content) and yet it was.
Two hours whizzed by and you find yourself on the end of your seats in hysterics.
Be warned though — you could oh so easily find yourself out in public singing one of the non pc songs!
The Internet is for porn

Fantastic! Rude! Disgusting! Perfect!
Not only do you have a comedy, a musical, a great night out, but also a few life lessons thrown into there. It’s sad when you’re made to think about life, the universe and everything by a bunch of puppets but they certainly pick up the bigger issues in society these days like racism and homosexuality. And then they have a laugh at pornography and sluts — hence the originality of Lucy the Slut’s name!
Just around the corner from Leicester Square, there’s many places to go out to afterwards and eat at beforehand.
Enjoy!

This is a truly great Show and one recommended to those that don’t even like the theatre, it’s amazing what puppets can get away with saying!
Like all good theatre don’t put off going to see it as as they say apart from death and paying taxes, everything in life, is only for now

Honestly at first I was a little sceptical about Avenue Q. I just thought it was a children’s show because of the puppets. However, people do not judge a book by its cover. This is a great show with giant puppets, swearing and all sorts but its very funny — alot of adult humour, which was really funny coming from overgrown puppets which looked like there were in sesame street.
I am not a fan of musicals, but Avenue Q is a must see theatre show its very modern. Even the layout of the backgrounds and different scenes was really life like, even the puppets seem to be so life like. I saw Avenue Q a year ago and I would definately see it again.

The perfect musical for people who don’t like musicals, this had us laughing almost throughout.
It’s all basically been said before — there is something very strange about Sesame Street style puppets swearing and singing about the joys of porn on the internet (not to mention the brilliant ‘everyone’s a little bit racist’) but it works. The cast deserve a lot of praise, most of them play more than one character and spend most of their time using puppets as well as staying in character themselves.
Beware who you take, though. The comedy cuts to the bone (even down to what do you do with a BA in English?) and while most of the audience giggled their way through both acts, the middle-​aged woman next to us barely cracked a smile at all. The ‘12’ rating they’ve whacked on the show is to be taken with a pinch of salt. I don’t want to ruin it for you, but there’s stuff that goes on that I probably wouldn’t want a 13-​year-​old to see either.
Definitely one for a bunch of twentysomething friends to enjoy though, even if they’re not into theatre as a rule. This is different from anything I’ve seen in the West End, but that’s not particularly a bad thing. It’s silly, fun and enjoyable.

A very enjoyable show in the West End and one that people who ‘don’t like musicals’ will probably enjoy. An adult version of Sesame Street with excellent pupeteering, great performances and a wicked sense of humour.
We went on Thursday and unwittingly became part of the 2^nd birthday of Avenue Q London. This meant we were treated to an extra scene at the end
A little bit of extra West End excitement came from the fact that nearly all the Nancys from ‘I’d Do Anything’ and a few Josephs were watching the show and were actually sat on the very same row as us. I can exclusively reveal that they are much smaller in real life than on tv.