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Lesbian Space Crime

 
Gillian Bain Review by Gillian Bain 4 Published: 3 Aug 2025 Pleasance Dome Show Dates: 30 Jul 2025-25 Aug 2025

How do you balance motherhood with being in space? This question is handled with surprising depth and empathy in Lesbian Space Crime, an otherwise zany and raucous three-person musical from Airlock Theatre and Soho Theatre. It also explores issues surrounding the US military's ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, queer representation, and capitalist PR management. But, more than that, it’s just a really, really fun time.

All of the performers are utterly captivating, delivering bucketloads of charisma from the very start

This is the mostly fictional story of the first-ever lesbian space crime: a woman who uses a space laser against her ex-wife in the midst of a fierce custody battle. It is told through fast-paced multi-rolling, camp musical numbers, and shiny space-age costumes.

All of the performers are utterly captivating, delivering bucketloads of charisma from the very start of the show until its final moments. In particular, Eleanor Colville’s portrayals of Gaia, the hippy, astrology-infused lesbian cliché, as well as a German sex-obsessed astronaut, were absolute gold and completely ridiculous. Rossanna Suppa also delivers precise comic timing as the deeply relatable potential space criminal Susan Albright, struggling to decide between going to her son’s music recital and going on the first-ever all-female spacewalk — all while battling her mixed feelings towards her ex-wife. Robbie Taylor Hunt is the final player in this space crew, perhaps serving the biggest whiplash as he deftly switches between sexy-but-dumb astronaut hunk Brett, the cold and cruel NASA boss Jimmy, the sweet innocent young son, and TWINK, the ship’s flamboyant AI interface. However, they all gain big laughs from the audience through their over-the-top characterisation, witty puns, and queer culture references. It is completely hilarious and unrelenting in its pacing.

The musical numbers add to the piece well, maintaining the quirky, tongue-in-cheek production of this very fringe-feeling fringe show. The upbeat, catchy numbers keep the show moving while providing even more laughs, both through the cheeky boy-band-style choreography and the clever lyrics.

For fans of space, lesbians, or crime, this could be the show for you. Even if you are interested in none of these things, the show feels fresh, energetic, and is guaranteed to bring you more than a few laughs.

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Astronaut Albright is accused of criminal activity against her ex-wife, heralding the dawn of space-crime and a new era for queer representation. Accused. Alone. Gay. Is she really a criminal... or a hero? Thankfully, she's not from one of 69* Earth-countries where she'd be a criminal for being gay at all. Airlock's Offie-nominated, 'raucously funny' (****, LostInTheatreland.co.uk) musical comedy about intergalactic queer dirtbags returns after a sell-out Soho Theatre premiere. From the creators of Pansexual Pregnant Piracy (Soho Theatre) and Count Dykula. *nice ;)