Stut­ter­pop writ­ten and per­formed by Sam Brooks is enter­tain­ing mix­ture of lip­sync­ing and sto­ry­telling which explores Brooks’ love life, and his love for life. He walks onto the stage look­ing fab­u­lous in a long hood­ed cape. It’s whipped off to reveal a glit­tery top and sparkling heels leav­ing him look­ing a lit­tle like clas­sic Eddie Izzard. Brooks has lived, and will live with, a stut­ter all his life. He tells us there is no cure for stut­ter­ing only self man­age­ment. The quest to fix it is inter­wo­ven with tales of crush­es and boyfriends – along with the appro­pri­ate musi­cal inter­lude.

From the enthu­si­as­tic dance sup­port by Bronte Fitzgib­bon and Jake Brown, to the light­ing oper­at­ed by Uther Dean, to the inter­ac­tions between Timer Adam Ogle and Brooks, and the com­mands issued by Brooks to Guest Per­former Jon­ny Potts it’s clear that all involved like each oth­er. This wouldn’t usu­al­ly mat­ter but giv­en the bio­graph­i­cal focus of the show it allows the audi­ence to set­tle into the per­for­mance. Instead of being awk­ward, Brooks’ stut­ter is fas­ci­nat­ing.

Com­pelling writ­ing edges out the lip­sync­ing sequences for me. Watch­ing Brooks stalk around while giv­ing direc­tions to Potts is at times hilar­i­ous and at oth­ers poignant. The most elec­tric part of the show comes near the end when Brooks stands in the audi­ence to watch along with the audi­ence. Mar­vel­lous.

Please note: the Guest Per­former changes each night.