Little Lark of London

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

  • INTERVIEW: Hamish Clayton and Tom Woffenden on Cockfosters

    “It’s an hour of pure escapism, and, when it’s over, the audience can take the Tube home, perhaps seeing it in a different light!” After five sell-out runs, Cockfosters returns to London next month at Southwark Playhouse Borough. The show, written by  Tom Woffenden (Writer, Producer and Songwriter) and Hamish Clayton (Director, Writer and Producer),…

  • REVIEW: The Hunger Games On Stage ⭐⭐⭐

    “Ladies and gentlemen, let The Hunger Games begin . . .” Seventeen years after Suzanne Collins published the original Hunger Games book, lighting the spark that would turn into a blazing fire of a dystopian series, The Hunger Games on Stage arrives in London. The stage production, which is playing in a theatre that has…

  • 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…

  • REVIEW: In Pour Taste ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    Do you like comedy? Do you like alcohol, particularly wine? What about the two put together? If the answer is yes, then In Pour Taste may be the show for you. The show, created by Australian comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh, is a mix of comedy and wine tasting, with the two comedians joined…

  • 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,…

  • 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 – Katie Norris: Go West, Old Maid ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “God, this woman is so brave!” Katie Norris: Go West, Old Maid is the second solo show from Norris, following last year’s Farm Fatale. In this show, directed by Elf Lyons, Norris is focusing a bit more on her future – particularly whether there will be children involved. But there is also plenty of, as…

  • REVIEW – Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us ⭐⭐⭐⭐

    “We haven’t got time!” Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us has quite the unique start for a comedy show, with Watson standing not on the stage but in the stalls, having a casual conversation with the audience about their days. He thanks the audience for making it to Underbelly Boulevard during the Tube strike, saying…

  • REVIEW – Sam Nicoresti: Baby Doomer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    After an incredibly successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including winning The Taffner Family Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, Sam Nicoresti: Doomer Baby, arrives at Soho Theatre. The show is Nicoresti’s second hour of stand-up, following last year’s Wokeflake. Walking into the theatre, audience members are greeted by a mannequin with…

  • REVIEW: Born With Teeth ⭐⭐⭐

    “No one gets to just write” Born With Teeth, written by Liz Duffy Adams and directed by Daniel Evans, explores the hypothetical collaboration between Christopher Marlowe (Ncuti Gatwa) and William Shakespeare (Edward Bluemel) as they write Henry VI. But don’t come into the play expecting the facts – as Marlowe himself declares, “It’s theatre, it’s…