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.