Review: La Poule Plombée, London Wonderground

Review: La Poule Plombée, London Wonderground

Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston’s latest collaboration sees them give La Poule Plombée her first full show – and, still, the “frumpy pigeon” is as comically unhappy as ever. There’s no pleasing some people. The French mistress of misery was first seen as a...
Review: Barbu, London Wonderground

Review: Barbu, London Wonderground

Barbu is, at heart, a high energy, chaotic mixture of acrobatics, object manipulation and beards. Especially beards. Based around a great cast of six multi-skilled performers, a clown character and four musicians, it has a range which is thoroughly explored throughout...
Review: Hotel Black Cat, London Wonderground

Review: Hotel Black Cat, London Wonderground

Short of a lunatic asylum or a prison, apparently the best place to meet an assortment of crazy characters is a hotel. From American Horror Story to The Grand Budapest Hotel to Crossroads, the accepted wisdom is that, if one sits in a lobby and waits long enough,...