REVIEW: Main Character Energy
Reading Time: 2 minutes parody of a one-person show while also being an exemplar of the form. Such good fun!
Mark Lloyd
I am the classic example of someone who did lots of theatre as a teenager before thankfully realising as an adult that I wasn't very good at it. Now I am a big supporter of the arts and am eminently judgey, so now I write reviews of the things I have seen for all to see.
REVIEW: Testo
Reading Time: 2 minutesTesto is the latest work by Wet Mess, a drag artist, cabaret performer, and movement director, and is a surreal and dark exploration of masculinity, femininity, the trans man experience, and bathing in butter.
REVIEW: Posh Girls
Reading Time: 2 minutesPosh Girls is a two-hander play about two ex-best friends, Alex and Hermione, who meet unexpectedly in the waiting room for therapy a decade after their friendship acrimoniously ended.
REVIEW: Firebird
Reading Time: 3 minutesAll that being said, this show tells the (true) story that it wants to tell with good performances, good humour, and all in all a good show.
REVIEW: Tealight
Reading Time: 2 minutesTealight is a one man show starring Josh Maughan, written by Maughan and Katie Bourne, and directed by Tobias Abbott and Saskia Mollard.
REVIEW: Sh!t Theatre: Or What’s Left Of Us
Reading Time: 2 minutesSh!t Theatre are a long-running theatrical duo who have been putting on shows together now for over a decade to much critical acclaim. This was, however, my first time seeing a Sh!t Theatre show, and it has me kicking myself that I have missed out on years of seeing their shows. This show intertwines storytelling with folk songs and encourages audience participation (but no one is forced to so do not fear). It tells the story of the duo attending a folk sing around in a pub in Yorkshire which then gets firebombed a week later. It also acts as a bit of an introduction into the world of folk music and a lot of the meaning behind it, and it is also a devastating and impactful work on the topic of death and grief.
REVIEW: Juno Birch: Probed
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is your classic one woman stand-up comedy show starring a glamorous alien from out of space. Sprinkle in a few music numbers, lots of camp, and a large blonde beehive, and you have a uniquely Juno Birch show. If you are not already familiar with Juno Birch, she is a drag queen from Manchester who has amassed over a million combined followers on Youtube and Instagram thanks to her iconic look, witty humour, and appearances with other famous drag queens such as Trixie Mattel. She has brought her new show to Soho Theatre following on from previous successful shows including “Attack of the stunning” which she toured around the world.
REVIEW: Stories: A Tap Dance Sensation
Reading Time: 2 minutesStories - The Tap Dance Sensation, is a show by the acclaimed RB Dance Company. The show initially premiered back in 2019 in St. Witz France, before opening in Paris in 2020 and winning a slew of awards in 2022 at the Trophees de la Comedie Musicale ceremony. There have been over a hundred performances of this show in Paris, and it is now in London. It tells the story of a young actor starring in a film, while dealing with an oppressive director as the line between fact and fiction becomes increasingly blurred. The show also just so happens to contain some of the best dancers that France has to offer.
REVIEW: Gay Pride and No Prejudice
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Gay Pride and No Prejudice is a fun re-telling of the classic Jane Austen novel, with a bit of a gay twist.” Gay Pride and No Prejudice, as the title might suggest, is a re-telling of the…
REVIEW: The Mad Gay King
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Mad Gay King is a new play written by Christopher Adams-Cohen, and describes itself as “a homoerotic retelling of the life and love of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, an infamous 19th century monarch”.