Comedy Musicals Theatre

Today in London: Tuesday 4 June 2013

By TW Editorial | Published on Friday 24 May 2013

Quick smart, grab a willing feline and hold it close. If for no other reason than that it’s Hug Your Cat Day. But please, leave a non-cat-clasping hand free to click the following links to the cream of London’s cultural tidbits…

TODAY’S COMEDY CHOICES

The World Champion Judah Friedlander, Soho Theatre, 4-6 Jun (pictured)
This time, ’30 Rock’ sloth and ‘World Champion’ (at what, I’ve no idea. Joystick operation, maybe) the slogan on Judah Friendlander’s cap is pretty easy to predict. As its title might indicate, Friedlander’s solo show is based on his internationally-acclaimed strength, agility, attractiveness, and general prizewinning, champagne-spraying supremacy. Details and tickets here.

Stand Up For Women feat Isy Suttie/Sara Pascoe/Luisa Omielan/Abi Roberts/Carl Donnelly/Mary Bourke, Bloomsbury Theatre, 4 Jun
He-feminist James Mullinger rallies a hilarity-battalion of ladies and gents to facilitate London-based charity Eaves in its bid to assist female victims of violence, crime and trafficking. The fictional love of Mark Corrigan’s life, affable ‘Peep Show’ goof Isy Suttie‘s in, as are the equally watchable Sara Pascoe, Luisa Omielan, Abi Roberts, Mary Bourke and Carl Donnelly. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S THEATRE CHOICES

The Amen Corner, National Theatre Olivier, 4 Jun – 14 Aug
Rufus Sewell reanimates James Baldwin’s mid-1960s play, as is set in a Harlem gospel choir and centres on pastor Sister Margaret, who’s played by a theatrical grand dame Sharon D Clarke, as she battles a congregation increasingly dissatisfied with her strict teachings. Details and tickets here