Windfall ★★★★ Southwark Playhouse Borough Windfall is a jack-in-the-box of a comedy, but in the first half, you don’t know it. It unwinds in an amusing but restrained way with glimpses of something more compelling beneath the surface, then in the second half, it leaps out at you. A manic, blade-wielding clown from a … Continue reading
All The Fraudulent Horse Girls ☆☆☆ The Glory, London Just as the opening of the Elizabeth Line has nudged The Glory Pub onto a few more people’s destination lists then this quirky, teaching fable, with a raucous overtone and a psychological undercurrent, might be a timely elbow for those not familiar with The Glory’s gloriously … Continue reading
Dumbledore Is So Gay ☆☆☆☆ Southwark Playhouse, London First, let us reassure you, JK Rowling has not participated in, or endorsed this play. The title Dumbledore is so Gay is one of many references to the obsessions of the play’s hero, Jack (Alex Britt) a fanboy of the wizarding world. There is … Continue reading
GINGER ALL THE WAY ⚝⚝⚝⚝ SOHO THEATRE, LONDON Drag Race UK Season 5 winner Ginger Johnson (Donald Marshall) is living the dream. Self-described as a ‘helium balloon in the shape of a woman’ Ginger has landed disgracefully at the Soho Theatre to share their own happily melancholic version of seasonal mischief. The fiery … Continue reading
Eddie Izzard: Great Expectations ★★★★★ Garrick Theatre. London One day someone will be tasked with writing the autobiography of Eddie Izzard. A hilarious standup comedian. A tireless athlete who ran a charity marathon a day, 6 days a week, for 7 weeks. A fearless juggler of gender expectations. And now an extraordinary storyteller who … Continue reading