Little Lark of London

⭐⭐⭐ “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, …

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amy Matthews: I Feel Like I’m Made of Spiders starts with an intense mix of sounds and lights, throwing the audience into the chaos that Matthews has felt over the past year, before Matthews herself takes to the stage and immediately lightens the tone. The show is about dissociation, a mental health issue that…

Have you ever wondered about what is at the bottom of the River Thames? Of course, we hear stories of all sorts of things being tossed into the water, and mudlarks walk around when the tide is low, picking up objects that have washed ashore. But what if there was something more powerful under the…

What happens when you take two children’s entertainers with wildly different styles and put them together in a Russian oligarch’s home for the 6-year-old daughter Anastasia’s birthday? Chaos. Ed MacArthur and Kiell Smith-Bynoe star as String and Spitta, two comedians in London who are competing to be the king of children’s entertainment in the city.…

Did you know that some McDonald’s locations play classical music? Do you know why? Nathan D’Arcy Roberts does, and he’s ready to tell you all about it. Nathan D’Arcy Roberts: Present/Tense is a show where Roberts tells a series of stories about his life, ranging from his relationship with his girlfriend to a hilarious encounter…