The Free Association is synonymous with the best of London improv, and their latest show Sliding Lives doesn’t disappoint. It’s a familiar improv premise, taking an interview and creating scenes based on the conversation. In this guise, the special guest imagines another possible life for themselves, and we get to follow down the path of their alternative timeline. At my viewing, Mae Martin was the special guest. The calibre of the guests associated with this show is really spectacular, and … [Read more...]
Magic Goes Wrong Gala Performance at the Apollo Theatre
You don’t need me to tell you how hard the last year and a half has been - on individuals, on theatres, on London and on the world. For my first time back in a busy central London theatre, what more could I ask for than magic and big laughs? Magic Goes Wrong is just the latest in the run of Mischief Theatre’s comedies, which include The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and Comedy About a Bank Robbery. This time around, Mischief Theatre collaborated with Penn and Teller to bring us just … [Read more...]
Transit Presented by Underbelly and Flip Fabrique | Review
There are more circus shows trouping through London these days than you can poke a stick at. I’ve had the great pleasure of watching a lot of circus shows, and so approached Flip Fabrique’s Transit with great excitement to add to the incredible circus shows I’ve seen this year so far. Transit is the story of troupe life, friendship, travelling together and sharing memories. It begins with an airplane announcement. Six performers are revealed from the clever, compact set. By Ariane Sauvé. The … [Read more...]
A Hundred Words for Snow at Trafalgar Studios | Review
What an absolute pleasure, this International Women’s Day, to be writing a review of such a female-driven show. A Hundred Words for Snow at Trafalgar Studios is written by Tatty Hennessy, directed by Lucy Jane Atkinson and performed by Gemma Barnett. It follows Rory, a teenage girl who has abruptly lost her father, a geography teacher, who dreamed of being an explorer. In an old-fashioned sense of the term - following in the footsteps of Shackleton and Nansen. In the wake of all these historical … [Read more...]
Work Bitch presented by Jessica Siân at the Vault Festival
I remember working in a service job. I was 16, and took orders, ripped tickets and cleaned up trash left behind by cinemagoers in a suburban Sydney Westfield. Work Bitch is the story of a waitress who never thought she’d still be waiting tables at 32, and touches on experiences I and many others will have had. It’s the story many of us will recognise, feelings many of us will have encountered in doing less than satisfying work - work we do merely to be paid. Customer-facing jobs are not that … [Read more...]