Comedy Theatre ThisWeek In London

Three To See on 10 Nov: Work Play, Dracula, Fin Taylor – Whitey McWhiteface

By | Published on Thursday 3 November 2016

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And today’s ThisWeek-tipped, LDN-based events are…

Work Play | Ovalhouse | 10-12 Nov (pictured)
“The average lifetime of work involves: 2 bad bosses, 3 heavy bust-ups, 94 sick days, 705 minor disagreements and 9,024 hours of overtime. Why do we willingly become embroiled in minuscule intrigues blown up to medieval court proportions in the workplace, when all we really want to do is get paid?” This play from Nick Field promises to be hilarious, satirical and surreal, and is directed by the excellent Rebecca Atkinson-Lord. See the venue website here for more info.

Dracula | King’s Head | 9-26 Nov
If you are the type who switches off when it comes to horror and dark tales, switch back on immediately, because this isn’t your standard telling of the Gothic tale. Instead, it’s a comedic retelling, which apparently fuses “19th century English gentry together with the modern world”. That sounds almost like there might be mutants, but whatever, this will be ace fun, as many satisfied edfringe-2016-goers would testify. See this page here for details.

Fin Taylor – Whitey McWhiteface | Soho Theatre | 9-12 Nov
I was kind of worried about this show when I heard about it. I wondered if perhaps this was going to be someone talking about the sort of stuff we really ought to be hearing from people who have been on the receiving end of racism… but it seems that the focus of the show is, broadly speaking, on how white people have nothing to complain about and therefore have to find something to complain about. Which feels better. It’s had lots of acclaim, see this page here for more info.



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