Lacking in Laughs and Access: The Disneyfication of the West End

Lacking in Laughs and Access: The Disneyfication of the West End

If the old oxymoron about Britain and America being divided by a common language is true, then it can also be said that our culture is coming between us. Specifically, our sense of humour. Quite what a chasm it has become was brought home to me when I had to sit through two-and-a-half hours of Hercules at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London. It replaces Frozen at the venue which opened in 2021 and, once again, it's a show that's already been…