I have a fun bit of unemployment and Phoebe has half term, so we’re making the most of the novelty of a mid-week West End matinee. £25 limited view tickets for Teeth ‘N’ Smiles was the conclusion. They weren’t kidding, we did lose a good third of the stage, which to be fair was mostly inconsequential until it wasn’t. It’s hard now, a few hours later, to recount the plot instead of the premise. I’m not sure all that much of any real consequence happens in this. The premise is that a punk-ish rock band gets hired to play a Cambridge college end of year ball, and while some things then happen, nothing really… evolves, narratively, thematically, plotwise. And it’s not quite got a strong enough cast to carry it as an ensemble piece of enjoying spending time with the characters. The curse of needing your actors to also play instruments means that they’re not necessarily the best at either, so Rebecca Lucy Taylor does stand out as a result. The rest, by contrast, does have a little bit of a sixth form drama vibe. The music is good (although oddly balanced across the two acts - 2 songs in the first half, 6 in the second), but not quite committed too enough to carry the whole. I didn’t have a bad time, but not my favourite.