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Evening Standard
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Bruce Dessau

Rose Matafeo at Arcola Theatre review: a volcanic, zinger-filled set

Rose Matafeo certainly makes an entrance. Her new show On and On and On kicks off with a dance routine which reveals that the creator of acclaimed BBC comedy Starstruck is not just a first-class stand-up, she has the skills to pay the bills in other artistic areas too. Maybe this is a subtle audition for Strictly.

The high energy shape-throwing quickly makes way for an even more volcanic zinger-filled set. Her first full-length show since winning the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2018 finds the corkscrew-haired Kiwi on sublime form covering subjects ranging from love and loneliness as a millennial to the world domination of Taylor Swift.

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