I left the Liverpool Playhouse with my face aching, my sides splitting and wanting more.
Last night’s Death Drop Back In The Habit promised to be a “laugh-a-minute” type of show and it certainly was.
The production saw a gaggle of fabulous nuns trapped in their convent with a “serial slayer" slashing their way through the Sisters. As the clues were unearthed by one sister, the guests watched in the pews as the hilarious, fierce, all-drag comedy came to its thrilling and uproarious conclusion.
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The two-hour-long show featured RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Kitty Scott-Claus and Jujubee as nuns as you’ve never seen before - miles away from those in Whoopi Goldberg’s Sister Act. Their characters' tranquil lives are disturbed when an unwanted visitor arrives at the Convent of St. Babs and threaten the Sisters’ sacred way of life.
Despite having never appeared in the same series of the award-winning drag contest, the stars' chemistry was unmatched and in touch with a modern-day friendship. Having seen what they can do first-hand and with on-the-spot thinking, I would even go as far as to say the editing on RuPaul’s Drag Race doesn't do them justice.
The audience was drawn in with every line before being hit with a hysterical pun or sexual innuendo in this Hocus Pocus-esque show. Surprisingly, the constant barrage of jokes never got boring as the laughs from the audience just kept coming and at that, getting louder and louder. With jokes tailored to a Liverpool audience - with cheap digs made at the Tories and references to Cilla Black - the writers certainly knew how to win us over.
Drag King Louis Cyfer starred as Father Alfie Romeo in what felt like the drag version of The Book of Mormon. It was abundantly clear it wasn't their first time entertaining an audience. Their voice, accent and tone were consistent throughout and even when breaking the fourth wall or pretending to overcome stage malfunctions, their commitment to the characters never swayed and it paid off.
Rounding off the cast was Ophelia Love as Sister Mary Berry and Alex Roberts as Mother Superior. From the pair's two iconic outfits to their PG-rated language, it was hard not to fall for the Sisters’ and surprisingly, this was a show, where all the characters were loveable.
The show finished with a unanimous standing ovation and I only had one unanswered question. When will it be coming back?
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