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On The Table Read, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, comedy double act Norris & Parker bring their Edinburgh Fringe show, Sirens, to London’s Soho Theatre.
WEDNESDAY 11TH – SATURDAY 14TH
JANUARY 2023 @ 10pm
Norris & Parker
Comedy double act Norris & Parker, aka Katie Norris & Sinead Parker, are bringing their critically acclaimed Edinburgh show ‘Sirens’ from the 11th to the 14th of January.
Originally, Sirens was performed 11 times at the Edinburgh Fringe’s Monkey Barrel before Sinead sadly got Covid and the rest of the run was cancelled. Now in good health, Norris & Parker are excited to bring their show to London, with new original songs composed by the talented Edinburgh Festival Newcomer Nominated Huge Davies.
‘When it comes to Norris and Parker, chaos is the name of the game.’
THE SKINNY ****
“It’s great to have them back”.
FUNNY WOMEN ****
“hilarious sketches”
VOICE MAG ****
“If you’ve been looking for a fun, nighttime show for you and your friends, look no further. Weird & wonderful”.
ENTERTAINMENT NOW ****
Sirens
Katie Norris & Sinead Parker have been hailed as the most exciting sketch and character performers in the UK. In Sirens, they promise to lure you into their web of dark and surreal comedy like two black widows in Lycra.
Their 2018 show, Burn The Witch, had a sellout run at the Edinburgh Festival’s Pleasance Courtyard and a top pick in The Guardian, Evening Standard and Independent, before having a sellout run at the Soho Theatre and is now available to stream on ‘Next Up.’ Their 2016 show, See You At The Gallows, also had a sellout run at The Pleasance Courtyard with numerous 4 and 5-star reviews, followed by a sellout run at Soho Theatre and being selected for The Guardian’s Top 10 Best Comedy Shows of the Year.
The Lighthouse
The new show, Sirens, features a whole host of oddball characters, plus sketches and songs including Norris’s mini play, a two-act coastal thriller, The Lighthouse, inspired by Hitchcock, Gilbert & Sullivan and The Lighthouse (film).
The Lighthouse was written in a lockdown delirium, and reflects Norris’ mental state at the time as well as her deep lack of respect for Parker as an actress; forcing her to play a sexy squid and a half pig, ingenue Veronica Ham, who arrives in Kent searching for her missing sister.
Along the way we meet local shrew Gillian McKeith, proprietor of The Hag’s Bed B&B, who specialises in backstreet abortions, and faints uncontrollably whilst having questionable hallucinations. We are also introduced to Sir Joncey Emperor of Dover, a war veteran confined to room 26, who’s passionate about his family heritage.
Norris & Parker’s Partnership
After a friendship of 12 years, Norris & Parker take the audience back in time to when they first met at Manchester Met School of Theatre in 2009. They have a shared birthday of the 26th of February, a shared flat and a shared infatuation for Kate Bush, and are inspired by Julia Davis, Brass Eye, The League of Gentleman, Twin Peaks and Corrie.
Norris Norris & Sinead Parker will drag you screaming into the murky depths of their wild, nautical sketches. Tie yourself to the mast and sail past Soho Theatre for some debauched late night comedy for lovers of the strange, the sordid, the musical and the dark.
Comedian, actress, singer Katie is a regular voice on Newsjack & The Now Show on BBC Radio 4. Comedian, actress and writer Sinead most recently wrote and performed in Huge Davie’s new channel 4 show, ‘The Artists’, a brand new sitcom about a group of deluded street performers who mistakenly think they are artistic pioneers.
Murder For Dummies
The girls are in the process of filming a web series called Murder For Dummies, written by LA based writer James Hamilton from sketch group Casual Violence. They are playing a Police cop duo called ‘Plank and Octagon’. Murder For Dummies is an absurd comedy whodunnit, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary Gareth Marenghi ‘s Dark place meets Agatha Christie.
Find Norris & Parker now:
The Feminazis https://youtu.be/IbU9sMe8sQ4
DI Dick Cum-Hardy and Diane Bush https://vimeo.com/175143813
TICKETS: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/norris-and-parker-sirens/
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