Peacock Theatre, London
June 11, 2025
Built from street theatre, Head First Acrobats latest show, GODZ, is powerhouse of entertainment. Four acrobat-dancers perform a riotous sequence of dance-acrobatics along-side a risque sketch of four Greek gods enjoying themselves. There is sexual inuendo aplenty, nudity, rude jokes, and an affirmation of the validity of same sex relationships. All wrapped-up into a seventy-minute non-stop show that leaves you quite breathless.
The four performers, Thomas Gorham, Callan Harris, Liam Dummer and Jordan Twartz are skilled acrobats, as well as excellent dancers. Each has a speciality, which they get to showcase during the show.
Photo Beck Stone
As with street performance, there is a lot of ‘spare’ time, which they fill with very funny business, all done without words, and including some audience participation. Raucous and randy, the show carries you along with its feet-stamping momentum, boosted by the acting and audience engagement skills of the four performers.
The set (no credit given) is simple but effective. The costumes, by Bryn Meredith and Chelsea Angell, are a little distracting at times, but do their job.
The show’s big let-down is the lighting, by Gorham, also a co-founder of Head First Acrobats. Far from enhancing the show, it took away. It looked a little like it had all been put together in a bit of a rush. At times, you couldn’t see the faces of the performers, it was so poor. Special effects, like a lift going to Hades, could have, should have been spectacular. It was anything but.
At the end of the show, Gorham took to the mic to thank the audience and explained that it was their debut performance in the West End. All well and good, and a topping debut it was too. It Just needs some of the production values upped to what is expected in the West End these days. Then GODZ will be unstoppable.