For an hour, the tiny theatre in the church tower of the Roxy Art House becomes the 1920s Caravan Club: ”the most bohemian rendezvous in London”. Woodstock Taylor is excellent as the club’s chanteuse of a certain age: she belts out bitter-sweet songs written for the play, which sound authentic to the portrayed period.
Arron Wright bounds into the club, he toys with the audience, and conjures up a picture of life for a gay man in 1920s London. The play is part description, part song, part heartfelt monologue on the difficulties of finding a man to love in those times. Wright is charismatic and heart-rending, when he’s not picking out members of the audience to introduce to the joys of dancing the tango and cottaging.
The two actors do a fine job of transforming the intimate space into the Caravan Club, and letting you into their world.
4/5
Morag Patterson
