Tag: Monodrama

A funny Calippo night out in the office straight through the fourth wall: Karen at The Other Palace

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It is exciting to return to a venue you have not been to for years, and even more to discover a new space within: The Other Theatre is currently loudly celebrating the new 90s musical based on the generation-defining film hit Cruel Intentions (look for the bench dedicated for audience pics in the foyer) but the smaller, … Continue reading A funny Calippo night out in the office straight through the fourth wall: Karen at The Other Palace

The Silence of Snow: the Life of Patrick Hamilton written and performed by Mark Farrelly

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Nine years ago The Silence of Snow: The life of Patrick Hamilton had its premiere at the world-famous  Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performed by its author Mark Farrelly. Since then numerous stagings followed in various places, and tonight is the 100st performance (congratulations!) at Brockley's Jack Studio Theatre, one of London's finest pub theatres and worth travelling … Continue reading The Silence of Snow: the Life of Patrick Hamilton written and performed by Mark Farrelly

Halloween is near, very near: Shock Horror at the Churchill Theatre

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"Please take your seats, the performance is starting in ten minutes" is a sentence I have not heard shouted through a theatre foyer before on arrival - at tonight's return to the Churchill Theatre this is a first one. It turns out this is not uttered to the general public but the college kids occupying … Continue reading Halloween is near, very near: Shock Horror at the Churchill Theatre

No minute wasted – Sold by Mama by Dominique Little at the Hen and Chickens Theatre

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Sold By Mama are forty intense, uncomfortable but also funny monodrama minutes written and performed by Dominique Izabella Little who found inspiration for her snippety collage of interviews with prostitutes during her Hollywood commute through the streets of Los Angeles. You do not have to have visit California’s City Of Angels to know about its … Continue reading No minute wasted – Sold by Mama by Dominique Little at the Hen and Chickens Theatre

Ladies and Jellicles – Linus Karp at the Phoenix Arts Club

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The euro techno beats of an upbeat version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Memory welcome me at the Phoenix Arts Club once my covid pass has been checked, followed by another non-conical Let’s Get Jellicle anthem. If you know how the blue Belgium comic goblins describe events as smurftastic you get an idea of tonight’s one … Continue reading Ladies and Jellicles – Linus Karp at the Phoenix Arts Club

Anna Bridgforth as Suzanne Bachner in the authour’s autobiographic The Good Adoptee

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As the live stream in the US did not suit my Greenwich meantime schedule, I welcome the recording of Suzanne Bachner’s one woman show The Good Adoptee on YouTube. It is the story of her own search for her birth parents after having been matched with her family as the “cutest little baby in the … Continue reading Anna Bridgforth as Suzanne Bachner in the authour’s autobiographic The Good Adoptee

Nyokabi Macharia stars in Actors Anonymous – The livestream

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The great folks I met at Crooks 1926 highly recommended Actors Anonymous on the digital stage to me, a one-woman show starring Nyokabi Macharia as every single participant in a self-help group for aspiring actors in London. Here mediation junkies and notorious late comers meet in a chair circle, here they share their experiences and … Continue reading Nyokabi Macharia stars in Actors Anonymous – The livestream

Watching Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol on cardboard – with Polka Theatre’s key audience as judges

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Reviewing a recorded play of Charles Dickens’ uber-classic A Christmas Carol, aimed at 4-11-year-olds comes with a challenge when, however hard I try, I do not fit in the target audience. Luckily, I can rely on Eliana, six, and Nico, four, who happily help out, and with the assistance of their parents we all connect digitally and watch this 15 minute show from our screens miles apart together.  The video starts … Continue reading Watching Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol on cardboard – with Polka Theatre’s key audience as judges

Awkwardly sad: Awkward Conversations With Animals I F***ed at the King’s Head Theatre

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I finally made it to the King’s Head Theatre and the first thing I hear when ordering a drink at the pub bar is the applause â€“ I am here for the late performance at 9.30pm but the previous one seems to have convinced the audience already. Very stylish box office and theatre entrance - love it … Continue reading Awkwardly sad: Awkward Conversations With Animals I F***ed at the King’s Head Theatre

Apphia Campbell starring as Nina Simone in Black Is The Color Of My Voice at Twickenham’s Exchange

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One of this season’s most exciting guests plays for one night only at Twickenham’s Exchange, in what is a monodrama written by starring Apphia Campbell as jazz legend Nina Simone. There is no mentioning of this being a musical but you cannot tell any musician’s story without their music. Nina has locked herself in a … Continue reading Apphia Campbell starring as Nina Simone in Black Is The Color Of My Voice at Twickenham’s Exchange