Overview
- Patrick Marber’s production moves from the Menier Chocolate Factory to the Garrick Theatre, where reviewers call it a funnier, more deluxe staging.
- Andy Nyman (Max Bialystock) and Marc Antolin (Leo Bloom) lead a cast hailed for precision and comic bite, with standout turns from Joanna Woodward, Harry Morrison and Trevor Ashley.
- Lorin Latarro’s expanded choreography and Paul Farnsworth’s flamboyant costumes are singled out for disciplined spectacle and visual wit.
- The show’s Nazi pastiche, including the ‘Springtime for Hitler’ number featuring Mel Brooks’s recorded line, delivers both big laughs and moments of audience discomfort by design.
- The West End run at the Garrick Theatre is currently booking through 21 February.