Avenue Q

Went to see Avenue Q this week, a musical featuring puppets and such show-stopping tunes as 'The Internet is for Porn' and 'Everyone's a Little Bit Racist'. I'd heard great reviews of it, both from my mates and in the media, which always makes me a little anxious that it'll be a dissappointment. But far from it, it's one of the most entertaining things I've ever seen.

Basically, it sits somewhere between Sesame Street and South Park. Human actors stand on the stage controlling the puppets, but after a couple of songs you hardly even notice they're there. And most bizarrely, everyone in the audience seemed to be getting really involved, with a couple of people I was with getting genuinely emotional during one particularly heart-wrenching scene...

And how can you not love a musical that includes the refrain:

"Schadenfreude!
Making the world a better place..."