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A rehearsed reading · Two nights

The Viagra MonologuesA Midlife Musical

Four old school friends. One stag weekend in Las Vegas. A shared box of Gaviscon.

A brand-new musical from writers of the international hit Menopause The Musical 2, directed by Mark Bell — the man behind The Play That Goes Wrong. Two nights in Hampstead, heard out loud for the first time.

Songs  ·  Scripts in hand  ·  Fifty-five seats
Mon 28 & Tue 29 September 2026 · Doors 7pm · Show 7:30pm · £20
A bent 50 sign in the desert, the Las Vegas Strip on the horizon
The makers

Written by Karen Bishko and Jon Monie

Writers of Menopause The Musical 2, which has played to audiences around the world. This is their new one — a companion piece from the other side of the bed.

Directed by Mark Bell, who directed The Play That Goes Wrong.

Steven Serlin
Jimmy
John Addison
Alex
Samual Haughton
Liam
Ashley Campbell
Oner
What this is

Scripts in hand. Songs on their feet.

A rehearsed reading is not a finished production. It is the stage before one — the point where a new musical finds out what it is, in front of an audience, for the first time.

In a room this close, you don’t just watch that happen. You are part of it.

Why this one
01

New

Nobody has seen this yet. What plays on these two nights has never been in front of an audience before.

02

Close

Fifty-five seats. Near enough to catch the moment a line lands — and the moment one doesn’t.

03

Once

Two nights, then it moves on. Whatever this becomes, it starts here.

September 2026
Monday 28 September 2026Doors 7pm · Show 7:30pmTuesday 29 September 2026Doors 7pm · Show 7:30pm

Circle & Star, Hampstead

28 Heath Street, London NW3 6TE. Hampstead Station · Northern Line — thirty seconds from the door. Fifty-five seats.

£20
55 seats a night — once they’re gone, they’re gone.
Book tickets
Contains adult themes and strong language.