Arcola boss Mehmet Ergen’s staging is brisk and stripped-back but still features a cast of 17, the largest ever at this theatre. The score is uncomplicated but delightful, from the insistently inane ...

The UK premiere stage adaptation of the Universal Pictures film runs until 12 April ...

Described as “Romeo and Juliet” meets “High School Hellcats”, this subversive musical directed by Mehmet Ergen, Artistic Director of Arcola Theatre, promises a toe-tapping, boundary-breaking good time ...

Set in 1954 Baltimore, Cry-Baby, The Musical is a politically charged, laugh-out-loud cult classic, with infectious rockabilly hits like “The Anti-Polio Picnic”, “Screw Loose” and “Girl ...

This is especially true of Cry-Baby himself. Depp, who leant into the kitschy vibe and managed to make the character edgy and sensitive, is an impossibly cool act to follow, but this musical seems ...

Cry-Baby, The Musical started life as Cry-Baby the movie written and directed by John Walters, set as are many of his movies ...