REVIEW: Hope Has a Happy Meal

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe play follows the return of Hope after a nearly 30-year absence, as she navigates a corporation-run police state while attempting to reconnect with her family.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe play follows the return of Hope after a nearly 30-year absence, as she navigates a corporation-run police state while attempting to reconnect with her family.

Reading Time: 2 minutesBilled as “part stand-up, part poetry, part interpretive dance,” and absolutely nailing all three of these promises, this work in progress show tracks Telnikoff’s quest to write The Great Female Novel. And it’s fantastic.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe absurdity of the title of this show, mixing the high brow world of opera with the low brow world of hook up apps, made me really interested to see this show. As a previous winner of ‘Best New Musical’ at the Off West End Awards I had high hopes, but also no idea what sort of show I would actually be seeing.

Reading Time: 2 minutesTaking It Back, writen by Dijah-Zahra, was a very relevant play about the appropriation of African culture by European countries and tackles the artefacts that, despite numerous appeals and negotiations, remain on British soil.

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is always impressive and inspiring to see a fully fledged production of a new musical - particularly with a beating British heart. In the stunning new Southwark Playhouse Elephant space, the show sits with ease - as if it were written for the venue.

Reading Time: 3 minutesFriday night at the cosy Camden’s Peoples Theatre was the perfect time and location for this absurd chip shop odyssey. The stage was an incredibly bare bar: a small white table with bell atop stage right; an even smaller white table stage left; and a large white freezer centre upstage.

Reading Time: 2 minutesCatching him at the Wonderville in London we were introduced to Stuart and his childhood gift of being able to see with the mind’s eye, and for this show Stuart uses his extraordinary abilities to connect with the spirit world. Walking around the audience and being intuitively drawn to members he claims he will bring forward direct messages from the other side.

Reading Time: 3 minutesBleak Expectations, directed by Caroline Leslie, relentlessly jests about the sexism and lack of sexual activity during that era.

Reading Time: 3 minutesPhil Wang is a 33-year-old, British-Malaysian comedian known for his stand-up and comedy sketch group ‘Daphne’.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMustard is an extraordinary theatrical experience that takes audiences on a captivating journey through the depths of heartbreak and obsession. Eva O'Connor delivers a powerful and intense performance, infusing the production with a condiment-fuelled narrative that lingers in the minds of spectators.