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Comedy Theatre ThisWeek In London
Three To See on 10 Nov: Sparks, Ian Smith, Score
By TW Editorial | Published on Tuesday 3 November 2015
And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…
Sparks | Old Red Lion | 10 Nov-5 Dec
This sounds like an interesting play from award-winning young playwright Simon Longman, which has its premiere next week at the Old Red Lion. It’s described as “a touching play about abandoned responsibilities, what we choose to remember and what we thought we’d forgotten”, and appears to involve rain in the midlands, a rucksack filled with alcohol, and, er, a fish. Intrigued…? Head this way for more info and to book tickets.
Ian Smith – Whereabouts | Museum Of Comedy | 10 Nov (pictured)
If you haven’t yet heard of Ian Smith, you should have heard of him, and not just because he has been on the telly. His brilliant stand-up has been making a serious impact on the TW team in recent years: beginning in 2012, his Edinburgh Fringe shows have garnered four consecutive 5/5 reviews from our writers, and that’s a pretty freaking rare achievement, let me tell you. See him now, quickly, before it gets too hard to get a ticket. More info here. Oh, and if you want to read a really engaging article in which he discusses this show, and other stuff, look at the Q&A we did with him this summer.
Score | Camden People’s Theatre | 10-14 Nov
I love the idea of this show from Documental Theatre, which tells the story of two childhood friends, and their journey through the ups and downs of life, but in particular the highs and lows of heroin addiction. It’s inspired by the accounts given by parents at Bournemouth Drug Treatment Centre about how they got their kids back, and portrays the central characters not as one-dimensional ‘druggie’ stereotypes, but normal, flawed, complex individuals like everyone else. See the venue website here for more info.
