Review: TOM BRACE: A TRICK DOWN MEMORY LANE, Pleasance LondonNovember 6, 2023The introduction of Tom Brace: A Trick Down Memory Lane is a fascinating one in which a disembodied voice recounts the time when Derren Brown played Russian Roulette live on television, creating a controversy not only in the world of magic but in general.
Review: LUKE WRIGHT'S SILVER JUBILEE, Pleasance LondonNovember 3, 2023What do you get when you combine poetry, comedy, and a little bit of drum and bass? You get Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee. The show, a celebration of Wright’s 25 years performing and touring poetry is an hour of the poet/comedian discussing a range of topics including being adopted, privilege, and cats named Bagel and Sir John Betjeman.
Review: THE INTERVIEW, Park TheatreNovember 3, 2023What role does a journalist play in telling the truth versus getting a good story? How does one find the line between the truth and an agreed narrative? Jonathan Maitland’s new play, The Interview, attempts to tackle these questions by taking a close look at the BBC Panorama interview with Princess Diana in 1995.
Review: SAM MORRISON: SUGAR DADDY, Soho TheatreOctober 27, 2023From the beginning of Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy, Morrison does not hide who he is - he is an “anxious, asthmatic, gay, diabetic Jew” who has a love for big-bellied men (or, as he calls it, the Bridgerton Belly™.
Review: OLGA KOCH: PRAWN COCKTAIL, Soho TheatreOctober 30, 2023From the beginning, Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail gives audiences the chance to see Koch at her wittiest and dirtiest, usually both at once. The theme of the show? Reframe, reframe, reframe. Reframing as a form of comedy, reframing as a form of coping, this show has got it all.
Review: BAD TEACHER, Pleasance LondonOctober 30, 2023Bad Teacher is a show that struggles to decide whether it is going to be a serious reflection on mental health in the current education system or a funny tale from the perspective of an exhausted young teacher.
Review: HALLOWED PEAK: LUNAR FESTIVAL, Phantom Peak, LondonOctober 16, 2023A town has appeared once more in Canada Water, bringing with it a cast of curious townspeople and exciting mysteries to uncover. In this town, you can become a paranomal investigator, make new friends (or enemies!) and even go fishing for platypuses. Will you pass through the gates of Phantom Peak and answer its call?
Review: ALL THE FRAUDULENT HORSE GIRLS, The GloryOctober 10, 2023All the Fraudulent Horse Girls is an absurd, awkward yet delightful show that will bring joy to everyone in the audience, regardless of their horse girl status. To quote the show itself, “None of this makes any goddamn sense,” but that is part of what makes it so great.
Review: FOIL, ARMS & HOG, London PalladiumOctober 6, 2023If you haven’t seen Foil, Arms & Hog live, you’ve probably seen one of their many sketches on YouTube, where their videos have reached hundreds of millions of views. The trio’s specialty is sketch comedy, and their show at the Palladium brings audiences exactly that.
Review: IAN SMITH: CRUSHING, Soho TheatreOctober 6, 2023“A show about stress, love and driving a tank with your hairdresser.” If that show description doesn’t capture your attention, I don’t know what will. Ian Smith: Crushing at the Soho Theatre is an hour-long comedy in which Smith describes what his life has been like recently, particularly the stress that has been a part of his life post-engagement.
Review: ROSIE JONES: TRIPLE THREAT, Soho TheatreOctober 4, 2023Rosie Jones is a triple threat in several ways, all of which you will find out throughout her new show, appropriately titled Triple Threat. And, according to Jones, there are only three jokes in the show, and all of them are placed at the end, so you have to wait!