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Theatre

If you're going to adapt a bestseller, don't choose the A-Z

The A-Z of Mrs P fails to make a hero out of Phyllis Pearsall. But Visitors and Good People deliver great theatre with high risk strategies

15 March 2014

9:00 AM

15 March 2014

9:00 AM

The A-Z of Mrs P

Southwark, until 29 March

Visitors

Arcola, until 29 March

Good People

Hampstead, until 5 April

What’s the quickest way to create a hit musical? Base it on a bestselling book. The writers of The A-Z of Mrs P have done just that. But they’ve chosen the wrong book. You twits. You need to pick a popular novel, not the London street directory. The main character, Phyllis Pearsall, spent years trudging the pavements of the capital creating her catalogue of 23,000 streets.

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