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Evening Standard
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Bruce Dessau

Brown Girls Do It Too Live at the Soho Theatre review: culture clash comedy with electric chemistry

If I’m completely honest I’m probably not the natural demographic for Brown Girls Do It Too. I’m not brown, as in Asian, and I’m not a girl. Yet there is something so bracingly positive about this onstage iteration of the hit BBC Sounds podcast it should resonate with anyone who has a heart.

Much of the appeal is down to the innate charm of the two sports gear-clad hosts, Rubina Pabani and Poppy Jay, who chat about everything from curry to orgasms on a pastel-hued set dressed to resemble your typical 1990s teen bedroom. Posters of Friends and Destiny’s Child adorn the walls alongside images of Mr Blobby and Peter Andre.

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