Little Lark of London

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 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…

Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine is a wonderfully chaotic mix between the romance novels of Jane Austen and the humour of TikTok that tells the story of Clementine, a young woman who is given until her 27th birthday to find a man. Unfortunately for her, her birthday is tomorrow and every man she has courted in the…

The concept of Tink is quite a fascinating one – According to the main character, Tink, all fairies are born big, shining with their own magical light. But, as they grow older and more insecure, they begin to shrink. Tink recounts the story of Tinker Bell and her fights with Wendy over the “man-boy” Peter…

There have been a few times in which I have questioned how exactly I’ve ended up in a specific place this month. One of those moments happened when I was attending Eulogy, sitting inside a pitch-black shipping container at lunchtime, wearing headphones and waiting for a performance to start. The concept of Eulogy is an…

It is difficult to be a talented comedian. It’s also difficult to be a talented musician able to play multiple instruments. To be a musical comedian who is just as talented with jokes as they are with instruments? It can be difficult. But, luckily, Matty Hutson is here to show everyone how it’s done. Matty…

Think you know the story of Princess Diana? You might know what the documentaries and movies have told you, but what if I told you there was another version of the story? One that is untold (and also untrue) from Diana herself, speaking to us from Heaven. Well, that’s exactly what Diana: The Untold and…

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Annabel Marlow about her solo show coming to the Edinburgh Fringe, . . . is this okay??. Marlow is returning to the Fringe as a performer for the first time since performing as Catherine Howard in Six, which went on to become a global sensatin. In this…