Day: February 15, 2025

I got a deal with TodayTix for this show and it was my first trip to this theatre in Islington.

They had got new seats fitted just before this run and for some reason the numbers didn’t match all the tickets. However, as there were spare seats front of house sorted the problem quickly.

This show was a musical set in a public toilet and was about the women who use it and the issues they are dealing with. It was a thrust stage set up with the audience on 3 sides, so everyone had different restricted views at various times, but it was a short and interesting story.

6/10

I got a cheap seat up in the balcony.

The show was a lot of fun and the story involves a lot of laughs,comedy, misunderstandings and disguises.

It did seem A LOT of people were not that bothered about the play and were just there to see Tom Hiddleston, who played Benedick, with whoops and screams when he walked on stage, spoke, danced, undid buttons on his top and sang. The show did include a brief reference to the Marvel characters that Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell (Beatrice) played, which was a joke that those completely unaware of them would not get at all.

For the majority of the show the crew was good, but for one major scene involving a wrongful accusation, the view was completely obscured as the performers were at the front of the stage, and the curve of the balcony blocked the view.

9/10