Weer at Soho Theatre Walthamstow: a 'silly, seductive, slapstick joy'

Natalie Palamides' 'tear-inducingly funny' one-woman show opens London's newest venue

Natalie Palamides as Christina and Mark in Weer.
Natalie Palamides: an 'atom-bomb of energy'
(Image credit: Alamy / Stephen Chung)

On Friday night, London's hottest new venue welcomed its first guests with an "extravagant bang" as Natalie Palamides took to the stage with her one-woman show, "Weer", said Mark Monahan in The Telegraph.

Soho Theatre Walthamstow turns out to be "quite a place". The eagerly awaited offshoot of the "Dean Street institution" was built in 1930 as a "colossal" cinema and over the last six years has been painstakingly transformed into a 960-seat theatre. The result is a "grand" old-school auditorium with "Alhambra-inspired trimmings" and a "capacious" foyer complete with two bars. "What's not to like?"

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Irenie Forshaw is a features writer at The Week, covering arts, culture and travel. She began her career in journalism at Leeds University, where she wrote for the student newspaper, The Gryphon, before working at The Guardian and The New Statesman Group. Irenie then became a senior writer at Elite Traveler, where she oversaw The Experts column.