Brixton Calling
Brixton Calling
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Members say
Delightful, Entertaining, Great acting

About the Show

A 23-year-old buys a derelict cinema for £1 and turns it into a legendary music venue.

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Critic Reviews (6)

BroadwayWorld
July 28th, 2025

"Brixton Calling is a passionate and powerful perspective of the history of an iconic music venue, with Runham and Sitima both giving fantastic acting and musical performances to bring the story of Simon Parkes to life."
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The London Evening Standard
July 28th, 2025

"Despite the pedestrian, this-happened-then-that-happened nature of the narrative, this is a story rich with incidental detail and myth...Pretty rock ‘n’ roll, in other words."
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The Guardian (UK)
July 27th, 2025

"The production’s energy is incredibly infectious, and leaves you thinking about all that remains soaked within the walls of a single building."
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Time Out London
July 29th, 2025

"Directed by Bronagh Lagan, the experience is akin to watching a gig. With cables curling around the stage’s exterior, graffiti decorating the walls, and a tapestry of old flyers lining the floor, the room buzzes with raw energy."
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The Arts Desk
July 29th, 2025

"That could hardly be said more forcefully, more entertainingly, nor more necessarily than in this blazing show...This hour and a half of joy tells you why."
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The Stage (UK)
July 29th, 2025

"The floor and walls are a dense mosaic of flyers and promos. If sometimes the script speeds through the chronology of its narrative a little too quickly, it still bursts with energy."
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