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Lily Allen’s West End Girl could have been ‘excitingly different’. But it’s lost in an arena

Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) •
October 26, 2026 • 12:47 AM
• By Bernard Zuel
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Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s happening on stages around town, kicking off with Lily Allen’s concert version of the theatrical work based on her album.

Lily Allen’s West End Girl could have been ‘excitingly different’. But it’s lost in an arena

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In her brutal narrative album of marital discord and disaster, West End Girl , Lily Allen has the perfect vehicle to merge several elements of her career and appeal into something new.

There’s the frank feminist who bridged aspiring-cynic teens with seasoned-cynic adults and the hook-tastic pop singer who made that sound like a hoot; the hedonist-who-tried-it-all and the romantic-despite-it-all; the latter-day stage actor of other people’s words and the life-long diarist who will share her truth.

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