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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Gun, Assembly Rooms (Front Room) – Review
A man and his guns are wandering the Wild West. His name, Roscoe ‘Blackjack’ Porter. And he’s bleeding. He owes his life to his loyal weapons, Bess and Bella, and his inseparable deck of cards. Those, together with a good…
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Games For Lovers, The Vaults – Review
Was it ever thus? Horny humans playing every trick in the book to win some love, or at least satisfy their lust? Well, yes, probably, but the eternal quest makes for brilliant entertainment in this smart and exuberant four-hander from…
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Mr Stink, Chickenshed – Review
With theatre access and diversity issues continually in the headlines lately, it’s worth remembering Chickenshed has been blazing a trail for inclusiveness for over forty years now. As well as championing the under-represented on stage, they have clearly learned a…
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Sh!tfaced Shakespeare: Hamlet, Leicester Square Theatre – Review
Pre show, I grabbed a flyer for Sh!tfaced Shakespeare. The early signs were not promising; according to said blurb the show features a cast of professional Shakespearian actors; each night one lucky victim is selected and carefully intoxicated for up…
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Kill Climate Deniers, Pleasance Theatre – Review
Kudos to the Pleasance for snaffling this big, brash and brilliantly executed Australian export for us lucky Londoners. It’s timely too, providing a perfect antidote to the doom-laden predictions dominating our current news agenda. The show sets out its desire…
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Trump the Musical, King’s Head Theatre – Review
It’s the impossibly distant year 2020, and the world is on the brink of nuclear war. King Nigel Farage rules the Disunited Kingdom of England and Northern Ireland, and Trump’s popularity is higher than ever: “He gave us our jobs…
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Summer Street, Waterloo East Theatre – Review
The posters displayed around the always welcoming lobby of Waterloo East Theatre ask the questions “Love Kylie? Love the 90s? Love Soap?”. The worrying thing is I can confidently state the answer is “no” to two of these questions; as…
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Sexy Lamp, Omnibus Theatre – Review
A hugely funny and moving one-woman-show, wonderfully staged and my oh my, what a sexy lamp.
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Die! Die! Die! Old People Die!, Battersea Arts Centre – Review
A dark comedy about ageing that sails exceptionally close to the wind.
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INK, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review
A tasting menu of nine short, sharp, witty plays that leaves you fully sated