A touching, funny and unapologetically absurd exploration of a troubled mind, full of waterslides, Jaffa Cakes and nice one-liners.
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Forty Shades of Strawberry Blond, Camden Comedy Club – Review
Pros: Side-splittingly funny! Cons: Some acts are more polished than others. As a part of the Camden Fringe Festival, Paul Carroll brings his Forty Shades of Strawberry Blond to the Camden Comedy Club for a three-night run. This one-man show, first performed at the Soho Theatre earlier this year, is a compilation of odd acts and unexpected situations, depicted with striking attention to detail. First on stage is a guy with a floral dressing gown and a wind machine, most ...
Read More »Romeo and Juliet, Steiner Theatre – Review
Pros: An enjoyable version of the play at a reasonable price, in comfortable surroundings. Cons: Sometimes difficult to hear what was being said. I feel sure that just about everyone likely to read this is aware of the Romeo and Juliet story, so I will not go into any great plot detail (Spoiler Alert – they both die at the end). This production is an enjoyable and solid performance of the play without any messing about with the script (why ...
Read More »Sally’s Alright, Etcetera Theatre, Camden Fringe – Review
A delicious mix of stand-up, cabaret and monologue delivered with real style.
Read More »King Lear (alone), Lion and Unicorn Theatre – Review
An ambitious project which will please the culture vultures more than the general public.
Read More »Journeys, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review
A breath-taking visual journey across a war-torn Europe: exhilarating yet thought-provoking.
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