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Parker Callahan: Soda Pop

 
James Macfarlane Review by James Macfarlane 4 Published: 8 Aug 2025 Assembly George Square Studios Show Dates: 30 Jul 2025-24 Aug 2025

This show is deliciously dumb – in the smartest way possible.

Genuinely one of the most chaotic hours you'll see this year.

Parker Callahan arrives on stage in nothing but a pair of red, white and blue Speedos – his outfit for the entire show – and immediately calls the cops on the gays. What have we done? I honestly still do not know. What follows is a gloriously unfiltered hour of gay brain static. Callahan’s 365 party girl/homophobic Republican/multimedia presenter persona never lets up as he delivers, genuinely, one of the most chaotic hours you will see this year.

There is no point in analysing the show too much, as it spoils the experience. However, if there is a queer performance spectrum, Soda Pop breaks it, sets it on fire and inhales a bottle of poppers through the glittery smoke.

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Soda Pop is an alt-comedy tour de force: a multimedia, stream-of-consciousness ride through the mind of a slightly deranged gay man. Featuring original music and media, Parker keeps audiences laughing and asking, 'is this the gay agenda'? One moment he's singing about thrift store underwear, the next he's calling the cops on someone who looked at him weird. There's no trauma, just dumb, delightful chaos. Still, Parker hits notes from the vulgar to the divine. Simply put: Soda Pop is a pop concert-Ted Talk-spectacle led by a twink in a Speedo. Any questions?