Grey Widow is a delightfully dark drag show at the King’s Head Theatre – review
We were thrilled to see Islington’s excellent LGBTQ+ pub theatre The King’s Head pick up Grey Widow following the cancellation of this year’s Vaults Festival.
This one-person drag monologue, the brainchild of drag artist Lady Aria Grey, promised to be something quite special – winner of the 2019 London Horror Festival Playwriting Competition, it tells the story of the titular widow as she recounts her husband’s life, his death… and his restless ghost.
It turns out that she murdered him, you see, but didn’t do a very good job of it. She may be dressed in black, but is hardly in mourning – there was a lot more to their marriage than may initially meet the eye.
Over the course of an hour we learn more about Lady Aria Grey – AKA Callum Tilbury – and her husband, their work, their parties, and their nosey neighbours who have a penchant for Waitrose wine (a gag which lands well with this Islington audience).
