The Kings Head Theatre in Islington is one of those fringe theatres where the audience loves its intimate atmosphere, quirky low budget productions and traditional pleas to buy a mug or tote bag before the show to keep it going. Soon it hopes to move to its own purpose-built venue, so it is great to see a range of shows available from Kings Head TV available on stream via its website to keep connecting with its audience until a full reopening.
I wish my life Were a Musical was a hit at the Edinburgh Festival in 2019 and it now restaged on a traverse stage across the Kings Head Theatre between two rows of empty seats. It is a typical fringe show a sort of cross between Showstoppers and a musical comedy revue. Written and MD’d by Alexander S Bermange it is a witty parody of both the songs and lyrics of musical Theatre and the life of an actor aspiring to become a star. Indeed, at times the musical phrases seemed so like an original composer’s tunes you wondered whether royalties were payable.
