‘A case of too many bartenders ruining the martini’ The slurring, bumbling franchise has been going for 15 years, taking the logical extreme of a drinking show to what must surely be its final, shrieking conclusion. Now, it’s very easy for us critics to be snotty about the more boisterous forms lurking in the corners of theatreland. I am normally ...
‘A gin-drowned adventure’ Shit-faced Showtime: Oliver with a Twist continues at the Leicester Square Theatre, London until 12 April 2019. Leicester Square, Victorian squalor, musicals, and one very inebriated performer – Shit-faced Showtime is making waves with its brave (and boozey) concept. Oliver with a Twist is the recent gin-soaked adventure and although the hilarity of the concept is a ...