Despite this week being insane with deadlines, I did manage to squeeze in a trip to see a double bill as part of Live Theatre’s Exeunt Festival.

I admit, I was more drawn by the idea of the first play, West End Girls, than the second, Wank Buddies – the title had me worried it would be tediously edgy – but in the end though I enjoyed them both, the second actually won me over slightly more. It was sharp, funny and short, which are pretty much my favourite things in a play – though West End Girls, about social housing in Newcastle, did give me an unexpected burst of nostalgia when two of the characters went to the now-demolished Broken Doll, scene of most of my college drinking…

Review here: