Little Lark of London

“Good God, I needed that!” Are you a theatre fan in New York City? Do you love slapstick comedy? Want to laugh until it hurts? Then do I have the show for you! Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields (who also performed in the original production), Mischief’s The Play That Goes Wrong…

A disco musical about a dictator’s wife – not what you’d be expecting from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, but that’s exactly what Here Lies Love is. The show, originally a concept album from Byrne in 2010 and then a full production in 2013, tells the story of Imelda Marcos (Jaygee Macapugay), former first lady…

“Choose your own narrative, build your own story, learn the hidden secrets of a tale well trodden, as we find out what happens when man dares to play God” Note: This review contains some spoilers for Frankenstein: An Immersive Show From the moment Frankenstein: An Immersive Show begins, one can tell that it is going…

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Walking into Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show, the atmosphere is immediately unsettling. Thompson and Ello are standing center stage on top of a white structure, seemingly perfect wedding cake toppers staring at the crowd. As I took my seat, I found Thompson blankly staring at me, looking like a Barbie with her…

⭐⭐⭐ “Everyone you meet is performing a magic trick” From the very beginning of the show, Unbelievable makes it clear that audience participation is going to play a major role. One cast member, Yolando Ovide, wandered around the auditorium, asking people for their wedding rings for a trick later on in the show. A screen…

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Am I an American? Or am I an American’t?” Walking into the Southwark Playhouse to the Police Cops: The Musical set is like being thrown into an 80s movie about America. Designed by Andrew Exeter, it is a tribute to the time and place the show is set in, giving audience members a sense…

I’ve been a fan of Police Cops since seeing Badass Be Thy Name at the VAULT Festival back in February, so as soon as I saw they were putting on a full-length musical at the Southwark Playhouse, I knew I had to see it. Police Cops: The Musical is an absolutely brilliant show which takes…

Have you thought about what will happen after you die? Have you ever had to write your own will? Does the thought of death leave you with a shortness of breath, afraid to face your own mortality? Mike Birbiglia’s The Old Man and the Pool takes on these questions in a comedic tale of swimming,…

⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Who knew solving a murder would be so hard?” Kathy and Stella are the best of friends and one of their favourite things to do is talk about murders on their podcast. Known as “Hull’s least successful true crime podcasters,” they are obsessed with true crime author Felicia Taylor (The Miranda Priestly of True…

⭐⭐⭐ What happens when four strangers are trapped for an hour in a public, gender-neutral toilet? You get an hour-long show called Public – The Musical. The four people that are stuck together are Finley (Hugo Rolland), an anxious man desperately trying to call someone, Laura (Alicia Corrales), a nonbinary person worrying over their relationship, …