Zip: A Streetdance Musical

Synopsis

It comes down to territory. Two crews One squat A fight to the death for supremacy But The ghosts who haunt the squat were there first and are looking for new blood. Who will win? ZIP: A POST CODE WAR!

Our Review:

17 August 2010

We should think twice before we sigh at the idea of a street crime musical. After all, Giant Olive has made this Kentish Town pub a diary regular in recent years; their best work has been thrilling and even their patchier efforts achieve a vibrancy we see too rarely on the London fringe. So remember West Side Story and prepare for sixty breakneck minutes of street talk, beatbox rap and menace.

Penned by director Ray Shell, along with other hands, Zip is a turf war tale with a twist. Four young people people pair off for a drug-fuelled night in a derelict warehouse. Or maybe not so derelict, as the place is also home not only to the dangerous Kalipha Krew, who are using it as a weapons stash, but to the souls of the dead young people who have been murdered ("merked") on local streets. Some of the living may join their number before the night's out.

The premise is simple: the living world is played straight while the dead world is sung and danced. Fifteen ...

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Latest User Review

julie Whitworth - 5 September 2010:

This was ok, but don't expect any streetdance as there isn't any. The actors were good and some of the singers had lovely voices, just be aware this over a pub with only 60 seats. It has very strong language which is not suitable for young children....

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