Avenue Q

Synopsis

Avenue Q is not the most upmarket of New York streets, and is about as far away from Park Avenue as you can get, but it is home to some lively and off the wall characters performed by an unholy comedic alliance of humans and puppets! Princeton, a bright-eyed college graduate, has just moved to this neighbourhood as he desperately tries to follow his dreams and discover his ever-elusive purpose in life. A tiny bank balance, the distraction of a busty blonde and a variety of weird and wonderful friends and neighbours lead Princeton on a hilarious story of self-discovery. Life may suck on Avenue Q but being jobless, homeless, politically incorrect, having sex (whether hetero, homo or porno... and that s just the puppets) are just some of the topics featured in the terrific songs of this show.

Our Review:

Paul Couch - 11 April 2012

There’s much hype surrounding Avenue Q; it’s one of those “Marmite shows” – audiences either love it or hate it, and there has been much criticism of its smutty content since it first opened in 2003.

Now liberated from the West End, the show is once more touring in an almost identical format. The setting remains a collection of Brownstones in a run-down New York City suburb, inhabited by an assortment of humans and oversized puppets. While the producers are at pains to point out that Avenue Q is in no way connected to Jim Henson’s famous Muppets, its antecedence is unmistakable. However, it is also obvious from the very first song that Avenue Q is not aimed at younger audiences.

Puppet protagonist Princeton is literally the new kid on the block, fresh from college with a useless degree. He moves into a house on Avenue Q to find out that his neighbours – including humans Christmas Eve and her layabout boyfr...

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