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REVIEW: Gumshoe! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Yep that’s me. I bet you’re wondering how I got into this mess – me too” Note: This review is based on a recording of a live performance Just like the film noir movies it is lovingly making fun of, Gumshoe! begins at the end, with the titular character of Gumshoe (Christian Dart) dead in…
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REVIEW: Long Live the King ⭐⭐⭐
“Long live the king!” Note: This review is based on a recording of a live performance They may say “Long live the king” in the opening number, but the show actually starts with the death of the king. Bad Clowns: Long Live The King is a comedy show in which Christian Dart, Sam Walls and…
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REVIEW: Gianmarco Soresi: The Drama King⭐⭐⭐⭐
“This feels like what God would’ve wanted” After a sold-out run at Leicester Square Theatre in June, Soresi returns to London with Gianmarco Soresi: The Drama King for one night only at Union Chapel. A New York-based comedian, Soresi has been touring Europe for the past few months, sharing on topics ranging from what it’s…
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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…
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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…
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REVIEW – TommyInnit: The Survival Tour ⭐⭐⭐
“Tom, what the hell is this show?” After a debut stage show in 2022 and shows in both 2023 and 2024, Tom Simons, known to his millions of fans on the Internet as “TommyInnit,” is bringing a mix of stand-up and stage show around the world. TommyInnit: The Survival Tour is Simons’s “first ever comedy…
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REVIEW: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Unexpected? Yes, yes it was.” Showstopper! The Improvised Musical begins with a phone ringing, a call from a producer asking for updates on the next musical our writer (Dylan Emery) has come up with. As he has yet to come up with anything, Emery asks the audience for help, claiming that they’re “musical theatre experts”…
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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…
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REVIEW: Birdsong, Alexandra Palace ⭐⭐⭐
“I’m sure we all have our stories” “I’m sure we all have our stories” Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff, Birdsong is the stage version of Sebastian Faulks’s epic World War I novel of the same name, which follows Stephen Wraysford (played on stage by James Elder), whose life we see before, during and after the war.…
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REVIEW: Second Best ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Funny how love makes itself known” Walking into Riverside Studios for Second Best, audience members are greeted by an all-white stage with a range of props and set pieces scattered across the stage – a small television, a hospital bed built into the wall, two shelves of crisps, empty frames, and even Asa Butterfield himself…
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