Little Lark of London

Exploring the cultural world of London, one blog post at a time!

  • REVIEW – Juno Birch: Probed ⭐⭐⭐

    “She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’s from outer space!” Juno Birch: Probed begins with Birch being wheeled out in a rolling chair to great applause from the audience, immediately recognisable from her blonde beehive wig and pastel blue skin, her drag persona being an alien who has crashed to Earth. She lipsynches to a song about…

  • REVIEW: Gang Bang ⭐⭐⭐

    “The seagulls were circling, all lookin’ for the big chip” Written by Hughie Shepherd-Cross, Gang Bang tells the story of a Sicilian Mafia man, Don Lambrini (Fred Trenholme), who thinks he is on a boat going to America but actually ends up on an all-inclusive Thomas Cook cruise to Blackpool. It is here that “Big…

  • REVIEW – Kate Norris: Farm Fatale ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “Fresh from farm to stage” Kate Norris: Farm Fatale starts with an interesting question – what happens when you grow up on a farm but have more of a proclivity for a different lifestyle? Norris tells the audience about how she grew up as one of the more scandalous members of her farm community, illustrating…

  • INTERVIEW: Rob Madge on Buyer & Cellar

    “A night at the theatre for me is all about the shared, reciprocal relationship between actor and audience” Buyer & Cellar, a solo show starring Rob Madge,  is currently running at the King’s Head Theatre. The show, written by Jonathan Tolins and directed by Kirk Jameson, tells the fictional story of an out-of-work actor who…