In the musical fringe comedy Sophie Sucks Face, an attention-seeking young woman hooks up with her cousin at her grandfather’s funeral. It is hilarious, laden with catchy tunes – and surprisingly relatable.
“I thought I was gonna be a musician for a long time,” says its creator, Sophie Zucker. “Then I got into comedy and I was like: I might like this more.” One of her songs, It’s About Me – followed by the refrain “not him”, meaning her grandfather – captures that overwhelming need at family events to show everyone you have grown up and made something of yourself. “At the same time,” Zucker says, those occasions “can make you feel infantilised and do some crazy thing”.
