Category Spoken Word

REVIEW: Spirit Guides and Shit Eaters

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt was a privilege to attend the Camden People’s Theatre to review Linsey Watkin’s Spirit guides and Shit Eaters, a beautifully written two-hander that captivated its audience with witty dialogue, philosophical musings, and emotionally stirring performances given by Lucy Buncombe and Kieran Robson. 

IN CONVERSATION WITH: Danny Robins

Reading Time: 9 minutesa brand new Uncanny stage show, Uncanny: Fear of the Dark for a UK tour from September 2025 - March 2026. The first Uncanny live stage show I Know What I Saw was one of the best-selling paranormal shows in theatre history. Now, Danny Robins and his team of experts are back with all-new, thrillingly terrifying, real-life stories and witness accounts that will have audiences utterly gripped.

IN CONVERSATION WITH: Teddy Oyediran and Joseph Munroe-Robinson

Reading Time: 2 minutesTalawa, the UK’s leading Black British theatre company and the historic Liverpool Playhouse have come together to co-commission Syncopated, a brand-new play that brings a little-known piece of Black British history to life through music, memory and storytelling. We sat down with Teddy Oyediran and Joseph Munroe-Robinson to discuss their upcoming performances.

REVIEW: Grooming My Ass at The Space Triplex

Reading Time: 2 minutesPicture this: you’re seventeen. You’re a twink. You’re the hottest 17-year-old twink that’s ever existed. And then bam! You get it. A Grindr notification. From a blank profile. A 26-year-old man... Oh what the universe has in store... Now, four years, copious amounts of weed, a gender transition and several high doses of psychedelics later, Ryann Lynn Murphy tells a story about a girl who got groomed.

REVIEW: Thanyia Moore: August

Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter 10 years of comedy, Thanyia was finally set to do her long-awaited, anticipated debut hour at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Everything was going to plan. Then August happened.

A show about mental strength, the female body and how awesome the NHS is in Scotland.

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REVIEW: Hospital Hour

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRachel Kaly got her first period the same day Saddam Hussein was hanged. She has also been to hospital over 300 times for various psychological treatments. Are these two facts related? Probably. Rachel’s critically acclaimed debut Fringe show returns to perfectly explain why she is so mentally ill.