Menopause: The Musical - TNT

Shamelessly aimed at women who long ago waved goodbye to the first flush of youth to say a confused hello to the hot flushes of "The Change", this lazily constructed musical is also a blatant plug for Marks and Spencer.Here, four menopausal women meet and bond over a fight for a black bra, then appear and reappear through different doors and on different floors of the famous store to sing partially reworded versions of familiar baby-boomer hits — from My Guy (which becomes My Thighs) to Wishin' and Hopin (here reinvented as Drippin' and Droppin). The performances aren't the problem — Miquel Brown's Power Woman has a great voice, and Sue Pollard's Housewife hits the comic notes when she gets the chance. But, for the most part, the material lacks bite. A far too meagre scattering of spot-on lines about night sweats, disappearing waistlines and hormonally zapped memory can't sustain the 90 minutes of American Jeannie Linders' international success, nor explain why a significant proportion of a packed house happily joined the actors on stage for a half-hearted, un-empowering knees-up finale.

Shaw Theatre, Euston Rd, NW1, 0870-033 2600. Until August 25
Louise Kingsley