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An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
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Kristen Schaal delivers beautifully elliptical flights of fancy
Thinking back over her actual words and actions, there's nothing about Kristen Schaal's hour-long show to suggest she's not irretrievably insane. Yet when, say, 50 minutes in we find the Brooklyn comic sitting on the floor acting out a tragic love triangle between a pot, a spoon and a lid, we've been led so deep into the woods that it all seems perfectly reasonable.
On another occasion, Schaal adopts a terrible cockney accent and enacts scene one of her epic play Anne Boleyn On Fire.
The blend of quirky looks, squeaky little-girl voice and wanton surrealism could come across as nothing more than a solo reprise of the crazed fan character that she does for the HBO TV show by former Perrier nominees Flight Of The Conchords. Instead, there's utter conviction invested into her dark, beautifully elliptical flights of fancy.
The show is not so much a set of jokes as a gradual descent into the boundless wilds of Schaal's imagination.
Until Mon, Assembly@George Street,
8.45pm, £9.50 to £11.50.
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
