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2018 MTV VMAs Highlights And Red Carpet Photos
The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards returned to Radio City Music Hall in New York City and tbh, we’re still shook after watching our favorite celebs slay the red carpet and stage.
Your girl Cardi B opened the show with an exciting reveal of what we thought was her adorable baby, but turned out to be…..her moon person for Song of Summer, but the Bronx native went on to snag awards for Best New Artist and Best Collab later in the night. Shawn Mendes’ dripping performance of “In My Blood” had us sweating, Logic brought people facing immigration issues up on stage with him during “One Day,” and Panic! At The Disco had us dancing during “High Hopes.”
What do cowboy dicks, milk pistols, and public toilet walls have in common? They all find a strange kind of poetry in The Writing on the Stall, the wildly inventive musical comedy from US performer Caitlin Cook, landing in the UK this summer. After sold-out runs Off-Broadway, at Edinburgh Fringe, and in London, the New York Times Critic’s Pick returns for a short UK tour—playing Brighton’s Komedia (31 May & 1 June) and Soho Theatre, London (4–7 June).
Set entirely in a public bathroom, The Writing on the Stall is anything but private. In this whip-smart and wickedly funny one-woman musical, Cook dives into the scrawled messages and mysterious wisdom etched on cubicle walls and turns them into something bold, bizarre, and unexpectedly moving. The songs are catchy, the jokes are razor-sharp, and the show isn’t afraid to get its hands dirty—literally.
Armed with a guitar and a knack for digging gold out of the obscene, Cook crafts a genre-defying hour that’s part stand-up, part cabaret, and all catharsis. This is confessional comedy with clever hooks, pitch-perfect melodies, and enough surprises to keep your eyebrows permanently raised. Expect satire, sincerity, and some surreal props—rumour has it a pair of slingshotted knickers makes a cameo.
Caitlin Cook isn’t your average musical comic. She’s Oxford-educated, New York-hardened, and streaming in the tens of millions. She’s also collaborated with some of comedy’s finest, directed offbeat hits, and performs as one-half of the musical duo 2/3rds of a Threesome. With this new UK run, she’s not just touring a show—she’s building a movement that blurs the lines between comedy, theatre, and performance art.
If you missed her during her Edinburgh frenzy, this is your chance to catch the musical everyone’s been whispering about in pub toilets and shouting about in five-star reviews. You might come for the laughs, but you’ll stay for the songs that (fair warning) may live rent-free in your head for months.
Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall
🗓️ Brighton Komedia: May 31 & June 1 at 2:30pm
🗓️ Soho Theatre, London: June 4–7 at 7:15pm
🎟️ Tickets available via venue websites:
https://sohotheatre.com/events/caitlin-cook-the-writing-on-the-stall/
https://www.komedia.co.uk/shows/caitlin-cook-the-writing-on-the-stall/
Photo credit: Mindy Tucker
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