Theatre Review: Beatles Evolver 62

It is an undisputed fact that Mark Lewisohn knows more about The Beatles than anyone else - including The Beatles! This is a cosy and intimate show - well, a PowerPoint presentation really - which see Mark take us through 62 events in the year 1962.

Why '62? Well, that's the year everything changed. Mark makes a convincing case that 1962 is when pop culture changed forever. Not just with the formation of the band (and them legally splitting up) but the entire culture of era being ready for something new.

There's an astounding amount of ephemera in here. Some of it from obscure legal documents from deep within the archives. Some of it snippets of old magazines. And a few bits you may have seen before.

It occasionally turns into pub-trivia, but that's what we're here for; the footnotes to the cannon. A few of the coincidences are a little stretched - did McCartney read about his future wife's mother's death in a newspaper on the week he was due to catch a plane? Maybe...?

But - and I have no hestiation in resorting to cliché - a splendid time is guaranteed for all. Well, as long as all of you are Beatles fans.

A few tickets are still available for tonight's performance in London. Grab them if you can.