Comedy
No need for explanations here, but if you need a laugh then this is the category for you! You’ll find reviews of all the shows that have had us rolling in the aisles on this page.
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Review: Derrière On A G String, King’s Head Theatre
A riotous blend of dance, slapstick and nudity set to classical music transforms everyday embarrassments into gloriously absurd comedy.
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Review: The Mystery of Irma Vep – A Penny Dreadful, The Pearly Queen Theatre
Dreadfully funny, riotously camp and thoroughly engaging!
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Review: Dinner, Omnibus Theatre
A darkly comic feast that offers plenty to savour early on, but only crumbs to digest by the end.
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Review: The Night Ali Died, Canal Café Theatre
A dead man guides us through a sharp, dark underworld tale of drugs, gangsters and spiralling violence.
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Review: Book Club, Bread and Roses Theatre
A comic exploration of finding community in unlikely spaces.
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Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s Globe
A well-known tale of fairies, weddings and mischief refreshed with song, glitter and bubble machines to instantly grasp the audience’s attention.
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Review: Charlie and Striptease, Golden Goose Theatre
The world of the absurd, in two parts. . . or more. Layers of humour, wit and talent, richly shared
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Review: Heartsink, Riverside Studios
Former GP Farine Clarke’s medical comedy approaches an intriguing concept with compassion and features a cast of colourful characters.
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Review: The Sequel, Kings Head Theatre
Surreal, sharply directed and hilarious, The Sequel turns small-town nostalgia into theatrical gold.
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Review: I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven, Soho Theatre
Christopher Brett Bailey weaves a bizarre, grotesque, but always hilarious tale out of a chance encounter with the devil himself.