Miriam enjoys going to the theatre as an escape from the crippling horror of adult life. Her favourite shows are Cabaret, Tusk Tusk and Home, I’m Darling. She will tell anybody who's listening about the time she met Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Miriam Gibson
09 Sep
Reviews 
Review: JUST FOR ONE DAY at Shaftesbury Theatre
By Miriam Gibson Tuesday, September 9 2025, 13:27
Just For One Day is a showy, sentimental jukebox musical which makes only half-hearted attempts to address problematic elements of its subject matter. Somehow,it simultaneously has no plot, and too much going on. Despite this, though, it absolutely won me over.
Just For One Day at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
18 Aug
Reviews
Review: SH!T-FACED SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET at Leicester Square Theatre
By Miriam Gibson Monday, August 18 2025, 16:17
Usually, if the lead actor forgets their lines on Press Night, it’s a sign of a play that’s gone wrong. But at Sh!t-faced Shakespeare's production of Hamlet - that’s all part of the plan.
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare: Hamlet production image.
04 May
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Review: COCKFOSTERS at Southwark Playhouse Borough
By Miriam Gibson Sunday, May 4 2025, 20:53
“What would we do without the tube?” laments James, “We’d have to take the bus everywhere!”. Cue shudders from Cockfosters’ cast and audience. Writer-director Hamish Clayton’s comedy explores Londoners’ love-hate relationship with our underground transportation system, particularly the tribulations of taking the Piccadilly line.
Cockfosters production image.
15 Jan
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Review: TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL, Aldwych Theatre
By Miriam Gibson Wednesday, January 15 2025, 14:41
If you read, “Tina Turner jukebox musical,” and assume you’re in for a frothy evening of simply big tunes and big hair, think again. Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is an ambitious musical tackling more than you might expect from a show of this genre.
Zoe Birkett in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Photo by Matt Crockett
01 Oct
Reviews
First Look: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Gillian Lynne Theatre
By Miriam Gibson Tuesday, October 1 2024, 10:14
In 2008, Lehman Brothers bank collapsed during the global financial crisis. The bank had began over 160 years earlier as a small shop in Alabama. Returning to the Gillian Lynne Theatre, The Lehman Trilogy tells the story of the organisation from beginning to end and, through it, the story of a family and a country.
John Heffernan, Howard W. Overshown, Aaron Krohn in The Lehman Trilogy 2024. Photo by Kevin Berne
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