REVIEW: Entertaining Murder

Reading Time: 2 minutesBased on the Ilford Murder of 1922, Entertaining Murder tells the story of Edith Thompson’s affair with Freddy Bywaters and their trial for the murder of her husband, Percy.

Reading Time: 2 minutesBased on the Ilford Murder of 1922, Entertaining Murder tells the story of Edith Thompson’s affair with Freddy Bywaters and their trial for the murder of her husband, Percy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEver wondered what your favourite karaoke classic from the noughties, or latest radio hit would sound like performed as classic show tunes? Or what show-biz icons Liza Minelli and Liberace would sound like in their own vivacious cabaret together?

Reading Time: 2 minutesAbsurd, intense and darkly funny - this uncannily entertaining tragicomedy expertly plays with allegory and ambiguity.

Reading Time: 3 minutesFresh, funny, original - a pacey ride through a raunchy yet wholesome tale in a naughties’ Soho knickershop.

Reading Time: 2 minutesLaughing Matters plays at The Canal Cafe Theatre until Sunday 1 March 2026