Review: THE REALNESS, The Big HouseNovember 23, 2023The Realness, directed by Maggie Norris, is “an urban musical” that tells the story of Jay Johnson, a man who has been released from prison. Determined to change for the better, Jay is working to try to stay straight, but soon finds himself being pulled back into the world that had sent him to prison in the first place.
Review: WISHMAS, The Old Bauble FactoryNovember 22, 2023Wishmas: A Fantastical Christmas Adventure has opened at London’s hidden Old Bauble Factory under Waterloo Station. Audience members are invited on a tour of “a working wish factory,” joining the Wishkeepers and their friends as they work to make wishes from around the world come true.
Review: BACCHANALIA, CRYPTNovember 21, 2023Based on the Ancient Greek tragedy, The Bacchae, by Euripedes, Bacchanalia, the first show from Sleepwalk Immersive, transforms CRYPT at St. Peter’s Bethnal Green into the city of Thebes, but with a psychedelic twist.
Review: LEILA NAVABI: COMPOSITION, Soho TheatreNovember 17, 2023Directed by Luke Hereford, Leila Navabi: Composition is a musical comedy show in which Navabi talks and sings about the theme of identity and how it has played a role in her life, regardless of how much they try to avoid it. She is doing what she said she never wanted to do, all because of BBC Radio Wales.
Review: THE LIFE SPORADIC OF JESS WILDGOOSE, Pleasance LondonNovember 20, 2023After seeing the Voloz Collective’s incredible production of The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this past August, I was looking forward to seeing their second show, The Life Sporadic of Jess Wildgoose, which was playing at Pleasance London as a part of their “Best of Edinburgh Season.”
Review: MATT ROGERS: HAVE YOU HEARD OF CHRISTMAS?, Soho TheatreNovember 15, 2023Christmas has taken over the Soho Theatre with Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?. Walking into the theatre, you are greeted by a shining Christmas tree and a piano decorated with a garland. The show, a musical comedy, is the chance for Rogers, accompanied by pianist Eric Gersen, to sing songs from his Christmas album live to an audience.
Review: DRAG QUEENS VS VAMPIRES, Pleasance LondonNovember 15, 2023Drag Queens vs Vampires is a funny and fierce drag show that will have you clapping your hands along with Kate Butch and Crudi Dench, rooting for them in their fight to win Eurovision.
Review: DARREN WALSH: 3RD ROCK FROM THE PUN, Pleasance LondonNovember 14, 2023“Everything in this show has been created with AI” - Well, that might not be exactly true. There is a lot of AI, but Darren Walsh: 3rd Rock From the Pun utilises Artificial Intelligence, but the majority of the jokes are created by Walsh himself. The “plot” of 3rd Rock From the Pun is that it will tell the history of the universe using puns.
Review: PADDY YOUNG: HUNGRY, HORNY, SCARED, Soho TheatreNovember 13, 2023The concept of owning a house. Hitler on a cocaine comedown. A masturbating walrus. These might sound like random topics, but they all have one thing in common - they each play a part in Paddy Young: Hungry, Horny, Scared.
Review: CHATHAM HOUSE RULES, Pleasance LondonNovember 13, 2023As soon as you enter the theatre, you know that you’re in for something bizarre. Dead centre stage is a giant pair of legs, the limbs taking up most of the space on stage. Written and performed by Louis Rembges, the show takes us into the world of Host, a former social media influencer who has kidnapped former Prime Minister David Cameron.
Review: TOM BRACE: A TRICK DOWN MEMORY LANE, Pleasance LondonNovember 6, 2023The introduction of Tom Brace: A Trick Down Memory Lane is a fascinating one in which a disembodied voice recounts the time when Derren Brown played Russian Roulette live on television, creating a controversy not only in the world of magic but in general.
Review: LUKE WRIGHT'S SILVER JUBILEE, Pleasance LondonNovember 3, 2023What do you get when you combine poetry, comedy, and a little bit of drum and bass? You get Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee. The show, a celebration of Wright’s 25 years performing and touring poetry is an hour of the poet/comedian discussing a range of topics including being adopted, privilege, and cats named Bagel and Sir John Betjeman.