After another reviewer at The Peg saw the previous instalment of Beach Comet’s irreverent B-musicals, Vampire Hospital Waiting Room, I was intrigued to see if their new offering would garner such a love-hate response. Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair is as ridiculous as its title suggests. Set on […]
It’s a very modern phenomena; mid 20s and wondering what the hell you’re doing with your life. Move over mid-life crisis, the quarter-life crisis is testament to the overwhelming sense of anxiety that afflicts Generation Y, but it’s not in Katie Brennan’s make-up to roll over and be […]
Two girls, one tent. What could possibly happen next? Well, a whole Sliding Doors-esque number of possibilities, that’s what. Our two characters, played by Alys Metcalf and Roxy Dunn, take turns to have their palms read by an accent-shifting fortune teller whilst celebrating their graduation at a festival. […]
Frenchy is well known in his Aussie homeland and in the realms of YouTube, and he’s breaking into the UK comedy scene with ‘World’s Worst Adult’. If you’re aware of his YouTube content you’ll be pleased/relieved to know that he’s quit his teaching day job and is now touring […]
The Collector The Vaults, Waterloo The Vaults can never be anything other than atmospheric. There are different stages and different seating styles, but watching anything underneath Waterloo Station with the occasional muffled thunder of trains overhead is always thrilling. Layer on the period charms of a bar furnished […]
NO QUARTER by Polly Stenham Duelling Productions, Network Theatre 13th-16th July. Tree-climbing, exploring, scraped knees, mysterious hidden worlds of our own, no grown-ups allowed; we all look back with nostalgia on our childhoods, often tinting them with colours and emotions entirely of our own construction. However, for No […]
How To Win Against History The Oval House 21 Jul – 23 Jul, 7:30pm How To Win Against History is a three man musical which charts the life of Henry Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey. Regrettably, the full account of this man’s life was lost to the ashes, […]
Cargo is a powerful piece of drama. Taking over studio 2 in the Arcola theatre, it transforms the space into a shipping container. The audience are seated in the round on (uncomfortable) shrink-wrapped palettes. The lighting is dim and the sounds are those of huge cargo ships as […]
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