Kenrex was the most exciting thing this writer saw on a London stage this year, and that includes Oasis and my children’s school plays. Taking place at Southwark Playhouse, it was a true crime drama about a loathsome hick called Kenrex who terrorises a small town in Missouri, with twists and corruption and different perspectives of townsfolk familiar to podcast fans. But here, all the characters were played by just one man, Jack Holden, only accompanied on stage by musician John Patrick Elliott.
Holden was astonishing, like Peter Sellers performing In Cold Blood live. Word quickly spread about it, and tickets were hard to come by, but now, there’s a chance for many more Londoners to see Kenrex as it has moved to The Other Palace for a winter run that will blow many a hat off.
