A toe-tapping musical adaptation of the iconic early noughties drag queen movie, with live music impressively integrated into the action.
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Afternoon Tea, Millfield Arts Centre – Review
Flawless entertainment in this hilarious and heart-warming family comedy about a cross-cultural wedding.
Read More »Morgan & West: Time-Travelling Magicians, Wilton’s Music Hall – Review
Mellifluous, masterly magic presented for your edification by waggish, whiskered, wizards. Suitable for oldlings and younglings alike.
Read More »Sh*t-faced Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, Leicester Square Theatre – Review
The funniest thing in London right now. One of those have-to-be-there experiences, so I urge you: go be there.
Read More »What the F*minist?!, Katzpace – Review
With music, dance and comedy, a group of LAMDA fresh grads hit the most common feminist-related arguments right on the head.
Read More »The Misanthrope, Theatro Technis – Review
Acting Gymnasium deserves top marks for their commitment to inclusion and diversity, but the performance lacks skill and structure.
Read More »Twang!!, Union Theatre – Review
Pros: Fun choreography, daft puppetry, huge energy. Cons: Heavy on smut, light on good songs. When Much the Miller’s son gets lost in Sherwood Forest, salvation comes at a price: the ragtag bunch of men who come to his rescue have a tiresome habit of breaking into song and dance. Because this is Nottingham, where life is a musical and everyone knows their lines, their steps and their place. Anyway, a few escapades later, and having won the hand of ...
Read More »Cream Tea and Incest, The Hope Theatre – Review
A masterpiece of inventiveness where a visionary comic style is complemented by an out of the box design.
Read More »Mark Thomas: Showtime from the Frontline at Theatre Royal Stratford East – Review
Extremely entertaining, hilarious and interesting show about the struggles of setting a comedy workshop in the heart of the Jenin refugee camp in Palestine.
Read More »Coconut, Ovalhouse Theatre – Review
Pros: Kuran Dohil’s professional stage debut is brilliant and side-splittingly funny. She captivates the audience with her powerful stage presence. Cons: Does well to avoid sweeping generalisations, but includes some religious stereotypes, especially in the portrayal of convert Simon. Guleraana Mir’s play Coconut tells the story of twenty-something Rumi, a Muslim ‘coconut’, brown on the outside, white on the inside. Rumi is a pork-scratchings-and-vodka kind of girl, instead of the modest girl her family and community want her to be. Just when she thinks she’ll never find ...
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