Kings Head, London – until 22 September 2018
Reviewed by Meghan Smith
4****
Driving musical parodies in the right direction!
This one act show has opened my eyes to how much of a person’s life you can
fit into an hour. Also, to say I have never had an interest in Formula One Racing
or Lewis Hamilton, I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this
production.
After entering the King’s Head Theatre earlier on in the night, I had no inkling
on what to expect of both the actors and the story. Firstly, I have never seen
Hamilton nor have I ever had any interest in Lewis before so I initially expected
to be slightly baffled by the storyline. To my surprise, I managed to find
humour in a lot of the scenes and songs. All of the actors involved used their
characterisation to produce what can only be described as a musical parody
masterpiece!
Someone who I would like to give a special mention to is Louis Mackrodt.
When I entered the theatre, I felt extremely comfortable as this kind
gentleman introduced himself and spoke to me on a personal and social level,
not just simply as an actor who cannot speak to their audience. On stage, he
shone for me. His swift and distinct change of character showed not only his
professionalism but his fantastic training (as he explained prior to the show) at
the prestigious theatre school ‘Laine’. I would like to take this platform to
thank this man as well as his fellow performer Mr Jamie Barwood for
entertaining the audience all night and providing us all a thoroughly enjoyable
evening.
One slight downside I would have to say is the technical side of things. At the
beginning of the piece I couldn’t hear much of their singing/ rapping due to the
fact that the music was unfortunately too loud and the actors did not have any
form of microphones. This was prominent throughout the piece which made
some of the scenes seem inaudible and hard to understand.
However, overall this musical impressed me a lot and I would definitely be
open for promoting this show for future audience members. From me to this
production company I would like to wish them all the best of look with their
bright futures with this show.
Thank you personally for a thoroughly entertaining night.