"Sound of the Underground gives us the era-defining Girls Aloud song that you might suggest, without ever locating within the raw material any definable narrative arc."
Read more

“ ‘Sound of the Underground’ is a piece of theatre, a drag cabaret, something in between and something entirely other. What makes it such a success is that it never tries to be one thing; it's deliberately impossible to summarise in a sentence.”
Read more

"There is certainly sadness in this show, sudden and gut-wrenching but the joy of performance too, and it is a sheer joy to watch."
Read more

"What an extraordinary work this is, not so much a play as a provocation, one that overturns traditional theatrical structures in order to make its points and leaves you full of questions – but smiling broadly at the same time."
Read more

"Drag is entertainment. Drag is work. But it is also these people’s actualities. This is a vital declaration from their world."
Read more

“Alabanza and Hannan’s production is often deliberately messy, collapsing in a provocatively queer way the different types of theatre ... to question our preconceptions of what makes for good performance.”
Read more

"This show’s wayward, high-wire energy had me hooked. As befits drag itself, its much better at distilling its ideas through actual performance."
Read more

"This production isn’t perfectly polished and it’s self-indulgent in places. But its imperfections – its sprawl – are part of its point. It’s deliberately showing us the mess behind the curtain. It won’t be for everyone."
Read more