At first, you think this piece of gig theatre is more gig than theatre. From song to song, writer Maimuna Memon switches guitars and takes turns on the keyboard and squeezebox, her voice a simply gorgeous dance of folk-inflected melody. With her on stage are Rachel Barnes, adding harmonies and moody bass textures on the cello, and Yusuf Memon, lending subtle percussive support.
In her baggy scarlet shirt, Memon even counts off the songs like a set list and although she stops to talk in between each one, her semi-autobiographical tale seems like just another London love story. Playing a musician called Ria, she arrives in the capital from Lancashire, trying to make a fresh start in the face of scandalous Camden Town rents and indifference from the pubs where she picks up unpaid gigs. Despite enjoying her single status, she meets a boy called Daniel and one thing leads to another.
