REVIEW: AND THEN THE RODEO BURNED DOWN at King’s Head Theatre 17 Jan – 11 Feb

‘entertainment that is immaculately played and effortlessly charming’ ★★★★

Two rodeo clowns tumble across the stage, pick up horse shit, line-dance, perform slow-motion (and sometimes quite fast-motion) old Vaudeville routines, and engage in existential musings and meta-theatrical contemplations. And it’s all very funny, and very engaging.

Chloe Rice and Natasha Roland have devised an hour-long entertainment that is immaculately played and effortlessly charming, and once or twice makes you think about things. They do slapstick like ballet dancers, they line-dance beautifully, and they mine the erotic possibilities of fixing a boo-boo with a kiss.

The King’s Head is festooned with great notices for this show, and they are all richly deserved. Four stars, don’t miss it.

AND THEN THE RODEO BURNED DOWN

King’s Head Theatre

17 Jan – 11 Feb 2023

Box Office https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/and-then-the-rodeo-burned-down

CAST & CREATIVES

Writer & Performer | Chloe Rice

Writer & Performer | Natasha Roland

Lighting Design | Angelo Sagnelli

Produced by theSpaceUK in association with Nicholas Abrams & Richard Williamson

Reviewed by Chris Lilly

Chris read Drama at Hull University in the 70s, stage-managed a bit, spent 8 years as a community arts worker in Tower Hamlets, did the occasional tech job, then taught in East London and participated in shedloads of community theatre. Since retiring from teaching, he has acquired an MA in Theatre from the University of Surrey and indulged a passion for live performance anywhere in London courtesy of his Freedom Pass.