Kat Mokrynski

Recently, we spoke with John Dagleish, who plays the titular Benjamin Button, and Clare Foster, who plays his love interest, Elowen Keene. We discussed what it has been like to be joining the show for its West End run, playing for the stage versus the screen and even the impact they hope the show has on audiences.

Young may have been on “Struggle Street,” as he called it, but the show itself is solid and he does a fantastic job of rolling with the punches and adjusting the show to make it work for the audience he is dealing with.

Natalie Palamides: WEER tells the story of Mark and Christina, a couple who meet in 1996 and fall in love. We see their love story starting from the end on New Year’s Eve in 1999, using flashbacks to show how the pair became a couple and what led to their tragic end. It’s your classic 90s rom-drom (romantic dramedy), but here’s the thing that makes it a little bit different - Palamides is playing both Mark and Christina, with her costume and makeup done in halves to show each side of the couple.

As a part of the International Fringe Encore series, British comedian Emmanuel Sonubi is bringing his show, Curriculum Vitae, to the SoHo Playhouse. Recently, we had the chance to chat with Sonubi about his show’s upcoming run. We discussed how he first got started in the world of comedy, what his creative process for Curriculum Vitae has been like and how he’s checking something off of his bucket list!

Scottish comedian Connor Burns will be bringing his show, Connor Burns: 1994, to the SoHo Playhouse as a part of their International Fringe Encore Series, which “provides opportunities to emerging artists who show exceptional talent at each season’s Fringe Festivals both artistically and commercially.” Recently, we had the opportunity to chat with Burns about his show, including what his creative process is like and what he hopes audiences will take away from the show!

Selecting a Ghost, a site-specific show at the Stanely Arts Centre, is based on the Arthur Conan Doyle short story of the same name, in which Silas and Matilda D’Odds of Goresthorpe Grange decide that they want a ghost to find its resting place in their new home. Audience members have been welcomed to the home of the D’Odds to learn more about their hunt for a haunt in this promenade-style performance.

This is the story of a shirtless boy who lived underground in Spain. In Tom Lawrinson: Buried Alive and Loving It, the comedian is getting a bit more personal with his audiences, telling them about his childhood and how he believes it has had an effect on him as an adult.

Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz, written by Nathan Queeley-Dennis and directed by Dermot Daly, is described as “a love letter to Birmingham through Beyonce lyrics, techno raves and the deeply intimate relationship between a man and his barber.”

Emma Sidi is Sue Gray may be considered by some to be a satirical take on the former Downing Street Chief of Staff under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, but how can something be a satire if barely anything is known about the woman of the hour?

How to Mate: The Second Ted XXX Talk begins with an absolute banger of a preshow playlist, which tends to be a good sign of things to come at the Soho Theatre. The show, directed by Mpilo May, marks the return of Steve Porters, AKA “Lockup Ur Daughter,” a character created and performed by drag king Daisy Doris May.

Tarot: Shuffle begins a bit differently than your average sketch show. Walking into the theatre, audience members are greeted by three performers, all wearing white nighties. Everyone is given a piece of paper with a personality test on it, with questions ranging from your ability to recognise patterns to requiring an essay of 1,000 words.

The Sound of Philadelphia, a celebration of “50 years of Philly Soul,” hosted by Sir Lenny Henry, celebrated the Philly soul genre, which is “characterised by funk influences and lush string and horn arrangements,” so it only makes sense that the music of the night would be performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Sophie Duker: But Daddy I Love Her starts on a high, with music blasting and the lights flashing as Duker jumps into the audience, running around and dancing her heart out, encouraging the crowd to cheer even more for her. Duker then jumps back on stage and, with a grin, tells us the one thing we need to know about her - “I am delusional.”

Musical Con, the world’s biggest musical theatre fan convention, is returning to London for its third year. Recently, we had the chance to talk with Shanay Holmes, one of the creators of Musical Con. We discussed how she first became a producer, the creation of Musical Con and what panels she is most looking forward to!

Recently, we had the opportuinty to talk with Glen Ballard and Oliver Tompsett about the upcoming production of Ghost the Musical in Concert. We discussed the creation of Ghost the Musical, what it is like to be returning to the show after time away and what they hope audiences take away from the concert!

Have you ever been sitting on a stool on a stage, being asked to load a confetti cannon with five containers, one of which containing push pins, that will be shot into the unguarded face of a drag queen? Not many will be able to say they have, but those who attend Ginger Johnson Blows Off! may have the opportunity. 

BriTANick: Dummy, a self-described “nonlinear, freeform sketch show” is performed by Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, the two members of BriTANick who are most well-known for their online sketch comedy as well as being writers for Saturday Night Live and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Paul Williams: Mamiya 7 has a description that leaves much to the imagination. All we are told is that “Paul bought a second-hand film camera last year and it turned out the previous owner had left a used-up roll of film in it” and that this will be the theme of the show. And indeed, the description is not lying.

Eddy Hare: This One’s On Me begins on the topic of male pattern baldness, with Hare explaining that he first had a bald spot at the age of twenty, promising to reveal it to us by the end of the show, which had already been requested by one eager audience member. But, we soon delve into the main subject of the show - uncles.

Jake Roche: Neporrhoids certainly has one of the more interesting show starts of the Fringe. Roche kneels in front of a keyboard on the stage, pulling down his trousers and simulating having an orgasm while staring directly at the audience member in front of him.