Soft Play Area cohosts/comedy duo/besties, Maria Telnikoff and Vidya Divakaran, present half an hour of their brand new show PLUS half an hour WIPs from Soft Play Area icons, Pravanya Pillay and Kathy Maniura! That's THREE previews in ONE night - you might say, it'll give you WIPlash 😳
Soft Play bring you their debut double-act show “Just The Two Of Us!” which could be described as an alt-comedy, clown, sketch, puppetry, and dance show. The mission? To play every iconic duo in history from Romulus and Remus to Wham! Maria and Vidya are extremely excited to bring it to life before your very eyes - we'll see what happens!!
Pravanya Pillay brings you a WIP stand-up comedy show, “Bike Centaur”, about being kind of strange OR an all encompassing history of Bike Centaur civilisation. We’ll see. As seen on: Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains, BBC Three Asian Network Comedy, Writer for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Wales
And on the two-wheeled theme, Kathy Maniura brings her WIP character comedy & drag king show about an obnoxious “London Cycling Man”. Middle aged, newly single – get to know this absurd and deeply flawed man as he gets to know himself. As seen in the final of Europe’s biggest drag king competition Man Up! 2023. Kathy is an Edinburgh Fringe ISH newcomer nominee, BBC New Comedian shortlisted 2023 and Best of Brighton Comedy Award nominee 2024.
ACCESS:
Sadly, The Divine is currently not fully accessible.
The cabaret and club space are in the basement of the venue. There are 17 wide steps with slip resistant treads down to the space with
sturdy handrails either side.
The toilets are in the basement and are not accessible for wheelchair users.
If you need further information, please refer to The Divine ‘About’ page on the website. www.thedivine.co.uk