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REVIEW: Lucas Zelnick ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“You guys are gonna have to buckle up” Lucas Zelnick, a New York-based comedian, recently made his London debut at the Leicester Square Theatre. Zelnick begins with the crowd work that many have come to associate him with thanks to his viral videos on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, mostly focusing his attention on a South…
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REVIEW – Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“What if Lizzo was a wee Scottish guy?” Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me gives McPherson the opportunity to share a bit about his life with audiences, mainly focusing on how a comedian he had been dating for five years left him for an older, more famous comedian. But, as he says at the beginning…
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INTERVIEW: Ben Hart on Making Magic in Ben Hart: Live
“That’s what I love about magic. It’s a storytelling form in disguise!” Ben Hart, a member of The Magic Circle and a finalist on Britain’s Got Talent in 2019, is bringing his newest magic show to London audiences. Recently, we had the opportunity to chat with Ben about his upcoming show at Wilton’s Music Hall.…
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REVIEW: Operation Mincemeat ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Take a leap forward and don’t look back” Operation Mincemeat, winner of the Best New Musical Olivier Award, tells the story of the titular MI5 operation hat was created to deceive the Nazis, making them believe that the British were going to invade Sardinia and not Sicily using a corpse.The show, written by David Cumming,…
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EDINBURGH FRINGE INTERVIEW: Jeremy McClain, Rat Tails
“The show is really a cathartic outlet for a lot of stuff that’s happened in my life.” Rat Tails (WIP) brings us into the world of Jasper, “a Prozac-popping, biracial, millennial model agent from the American South living in London with his British, aristocratic husband.” We learn about his life as he waits for the…
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INTERVIEW: Lucas Zelnick
“Part of what makes standup fun is the fear you might bomb” Lucas Zelnick, an American comedian based in New York City, is starting a worldwide tour in London. His work, described as comedy that “challenges his cushy upbringing through punch-heavy material,” has received over 100 million views on both TikTok and Instagram. Before his…
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REVIEW: Poirot and More: A Retrospective ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“This is storytelling . . . This is unique . . . This is magic” David Suchet – Poirot and More: a Retrospective, a show created by Suchet and Liza McLean (with additional credit given to Suchet’s wife, Sheila Ferris), gives audiences a “rare insight into the man who has not only played the role…
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REVIEW – Ed Gamble: Hot Diggity Dog ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“I vape. That’s all you need to know” Ed Gamble: Hot Diggity Dog is a show full of “classic Gamble ranting, raving and spluttering,” as promised by the show’s description. Gamble’s opener, Chloe Petts, is a fantastic comedian in her own right, doing some great crowd work with a man in the front row, Joey,…
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REVIEW: Next to Normal, Wyndham’s Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐
After a run at the Donmar Warehouse in 2023, Next to Normal, directed by Michael Longhurst, has transferred to the West End, arriving over a decade after the show first opened on Broadway in the United States. The show, with music by Tom Kitt and book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, is “an intimate exploration…
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REVIEW: Outings ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“How do people come out?” Written by Matthew Baldwin and Thomas Hescott and directed by Richard Beecham, Outings began with a goal – to get as many “coming out” stories as possible. Since beginning the project, Baldwin and hescott have received over 100 stories, and Outings is a reading out of the answers to questions…

