Mill Studio, Guildford – 10th November 2021
Reviewed by Antonia Hebbert
4****
On a dank, dark November night, this show was a blast of bright, sunny colour. Three girls are on a sleepover, cue cute PJs, pillow fights and lots of talk about boys. But eek! There’s a sinister caller on the line, and things start to get, like, really weird. Not horribly weird though, because Scream Phone is a singing and dancing romp through 1980s music, with songs arranged by Martin Higgins, and performed with great energy and style by Natasha Granger, Kerrie Thomason and Alexandra Lewis as the three besties. They are respectively Melody, the ‘pretty’ one, Janice the dim would-be sex fiend, and Stacey, who wears specs and loves math. Yes, it’s full of cliches and daft jokes, and it’s lots of fun.
Written by Granger and Thomason, it’s based on the board game Dream Phone (which has passed me by, but involves secret admirers and a big phone), with a horror twist. It’s exceedingly silly and quite rude in places, and is the perfect show for an intimate space like the Mill Studio. And it’s just an hour long. The director is Tom Parry.