Avenue Q

Avenue Q was a ’00s musical theatre phenomenon, a profane, puppet-driven mash up of Sesame Street and Rent by Jeff Marx and Book of Mormon co-writer Robert Lopez, with book by Jeff Whitty. Centring on young puppet Princeton, it follows the misadventure of him and the assortment of humans and puppets he encounters as he moves into the titular run down New York suburb. The original West End production ran for four years – it did 16 in NYC! – and has occasionally resurfaced in touring incaration. And in 2026 it’s back properly, in a twentieth anniversay British revival that will gather the original Broadway puppets and creative team – including director Jason Moore – for what’s being billed as a strictly limited revival run.