‘Packs a considerable punch’ ★★★★The Guardian
Former child magician and current American comedian Josh Sharp returns to Soho Theatre with two Sam Pinkleton-directed hits in 2027
Interactive Fringe sell-out An Hour of Crowd Work in the Round lands in Soho Theatre Upstairs, ahead of PowerPoint heavy ta-da!’s one-night-only transfer to Soho Theatre Walthamstow
- Audience-focused An Hour of Crowd Work in the Roundplays Soho Theatre Upstairs, Tuesday 16 – Saturday 27 February 2027, 8.45pm
- PowerPoint presentation gone mad ta-da! transfers to Soho Theatre Walthamstow Saturday 6 March 2027, 7.30pm
Soho Theatre welcomes back Josh Sharp in 2027 with An Hour of Crowd Work in the Round, his sell-out 2026 Shedinburgh shows, to Soho Theatre Upstairs from 16 February, followed by a one-night-only performance of his acclaimed solo show ta-da! at Soho Theatre Walthamstow on 6 March.
An Hour of Crowd Work in the Round centres around one key question: what do you do for work? The show (or comedy experiment, of sorts) takes aim at crowd work as the most popular form of comedy to be fed on your phone. This one will not be filmed for clips, it is simply a chance to talk, and to enjoy the tautology of a comedian asking a room full of strangers about their jobs.
ta-da! transfers from Soho’s Main House to the 960-seat Soho Theatre Walthamstow for one night only, following its extended 2026 run marking Josh’s stellar UK debut. A one-man comedy show inside of a manic 2,000 slide PowerPoint. Expect dumb but erudite jokes and sad but sweet stories joined with the Herculean feat of stupidity that is memorising a slide every 2.1 seconds. At its core, the show is an exploration of mortality and identity, and across the hour, Josh will tackle the ridiculous and the profound: getting a hand job under a bridge, trying to be a teen magician while deeply closeted and the best way to come out (a bcc email).
Josh Sharp is a New York-based actor, writer and comedian. His solo show ta-da!, which he received a Drama Desk nomination for, ran at the Greenwich House Theater in NYC and the SoHo Theatre in London. He is one of the stars, writers, and executive producers of A24’s Dicks: The Musical. He has also appeared in The Opposition With Jordan Klepper (Comedy Central), Search Party (HBO), At Home With Amy Sedaris (TruTV), Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas? (Showtime), & The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show (Netflix), and has performed stand-up on 2 Dope Queens (HBO) & This Week At The Comedy Cellar (Comedy Central). He directed Michael Cruz Kayne’s Sorry For Your Loss at the Minetta Lane Theater. Josh was named one of Variety’s 10 Storytellers to Watch for 2025.
Sam Pinkleton is a Tony Award-winning director, choreographer, and gay person. UK credits: Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! (West End, Broadway, US tour; Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play), Ceilidh (Shoreditch Town Hall/Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Stephen Sondheim’s Here We Are(National Theatre). Sam also directed the current Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show at Studio 54, Morgan Bassichis’ Can I Be Frank?, You Will Get Sick (Roundabout), and Runaways (Public Theater/City Center). As choreographer: seven Broadway shows including Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Tony nomination). Film/TV: Dying for Sex, The End with Tilda Swinton. Upcoming: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (City Center Encores!) and the 50th-anniversary Broadway revival of Annie.
Praise for ta-da!:
‘Miraculously brilliant.’ ★★★★★ Londonist
‘Honest, heartfelt and strikingly inventive.’ ★★★★★ Spy In The Stalls
‘A masterpiece production.’ ★★★★★ London Theatre 1
‘ta-da! is one of the most hilariously innovative and astutely performed solo comedy shows I’ve ever seen.’ ★★★★★ Theatermania
‘A true crowd pleaser.’ ★★★★ BroadwayWorld
‘An intricately structured piece about mortality, the self and embracing second chances.’ New York Times
Creative teams
An Hour of Crowd Work in the Round
Performer: Josh Sharp
Director: Sam Pinkleton
Producers: Carlee Briglia
ta-da!
Writer/performer: Josh Sharp
Director: Sam Pinkleton
Producers: Carlee Briglia & Mike Lavoie
Co-video design: Stivo Arnoczy
Magic: Skylar Fox
Incidental Music: Daniel Kluger
Key Artwork & Font Design: Teddy Blanks, CHIPS
Off-Broadway Set design: Meredith Ries
Off-Broadway Lighting design: Cha See