Little Lark of London

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


  • REVIEW – Avocado Presents: An Improvised Play ⭐⭐⭐

    Avocado Presents: An Improvised Play, created and performed by Hamza Mohsin and Jake Migicovsky, is a show with a title that describes exactly what it is. Mohsin and Migicovsky, also known as Avocado Improv, will spend the hour putting on an improvised piece of work straight out of their own minds, with no warmup games…

  • INTERVIEW: Holly Sumpton, A Journey Home

    “To be able to explain that my job is like having fun and making people laugh is really great” After performing in Till The Stars Come Down at Theatre Royal Haymarket, actor Holly Sumpton is bringing her solo concert, A Journey Home, to Crazy Coqs in London. The show will blend a range of genres,…

  • INTERVIEW: Felix Hagan On His New Album, “Happy Songs”

    “I’m so unbelievably happy with how it’s turned out. This is exactly the album I wanted to make.” Felix Hagan, one of the co-creators of the Olivier and Tony award-winning Operation Mincemeat, will soon be releasing an album of solo work, entitled “Happy Songs.” Recently, we had the chance to speak with Hagan about his…

  • REVIEW – Dru Cripps: Juicy Bitts ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “If you’re not laughing, you’re learning” Dru Cripps: Juicy Bitts begins in a bit of a strange way for a comedy show – it begins in silence. Cripps emerges from the back of the audience and takes to the stage, dressed in a boiler suit and winter hat. The audience quickly learns that they won’t…

  • REVIEW: Good Night, Oscar ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “I make ‘em laugh, but I have the last one” What would you do if you had four hours of freedom? Would your wife have you driven to a television studio so you can be the special guest on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar, which is having its first transmission from the West Coast?…

  • REVIEW – Isobel Rogers: How To Be Content ⭐⭐⭐

    “I just want to be content with what I have” Isobel Rogers: How To Be Content is a self-described “musical odyssey song session,” in which Rogers uses her guitar and her voice to question things about modern life, particularly focusing on creating content versus being content – yes, it’s a title with double meaning! Have…

  • REVIEW – Kristin Key: Lesbian Army Tour ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “Did you just make a teabag joke in London?” After performing around the world and online for years, Kristin Key has brought her new show, Lesbian Army Tour, to London. Audience members may be familiar with Key after seeing one of her many viral videos, which have garnered millions of views and gained her hundreds…

  • REVIEW: Clueless the Musical ⭐⭐⭐

    “Okay, I know what you’re thinking . . .” Walking into the Trafalgar Theatre for Clueless the Musical, audience members are greeted with a fire playlist that brings one straight back into the 1990s, with boy bands, girl bands and pop-rock blasting through the speakers. It makes perfect sense for a musical based on a…

  • REVIEW: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “Time and tide behaved a little differently” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, an adaptation of the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the story of a man who is born at the age of seventy and ages backwards, focusing on the difficulties he faces being ostracised from society by his horrified parents. In…

  • REVIEW: Mamma Mia! The Party ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    Ever wish that you could be on the set of Mamma Mia!? You might be surprised to hear this, but The O2 may be the closest you can get without taking a flight to Skopelos. Mamma Mia! The Party brings audience members, or “party-goers,” to the island where the hit ABBA jukebox movie musicals were…