Lovestuck at Stratford East review: 'a cheerfully brainless scatological musical'

Jessica Boshier (Lucy) - (Mark Senior)

Don’t call it a poo-sical, plead the creators of this cheerfully brainless musical about poo. It’s a new theatrical venture from the writer and director of hit podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno and draws on a similar pit of deep mortification - inspired by the viral 2017 news story about a woman who, on a first date, got trapped upside down in a window, trying to retrieve the unflushable turd she’d thrown out of it.

The show has a handful of catchy songs and some good gags and has also joined the ranks of real life showgirl-to-star narratives. A week before opening, lead actress Jessica Boshier got injured. Her ‘cover’ Ambra Caserotti has stepped up from the ensemble and plays the role with warmth, charm and a fine, uncomplicated voice. Cometh the hour, cometh the #poogirl.