formed, well-rounded piece of musical theatre for young people. It doesn't make any concessions to the age of its intended audience, but offers a commendable introduction to the authors." The 2017 London production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ at the Menier Chocolate Factory received 5 stars from The Evening Standard, The Independent and Whatsonstage.com, with 4 star reviews from The Daily Telegraph, The Times and The Guardian. Michael Billington in The Guardian described it as "A fresh and funny show from the young songwriting team of Jake Brunger (book and lyrics) and Pippa Cleary (music and lyrics). They clearly have the potential to inject new life into the anaemic British musical", with Fiona Mountford in The Evening Standard calling it "a perfectly realised new British musical". Ben Brantley also positively reviewed the musical in The New York Times, describing it as "a delightful new musical". References External links English musical theatre composers British musical theatre composers English lyricists English writers English musical duos