Sh*t Life Crisis – Polar Bear Music Club
“We won’t ask you to get up and sing into a microphone” - these words printed under the What to Expect section in the programme for Sh*t Life Crisis were music to my “hate audience participation” ears.
But what did I do on Thursday evening when invited to sing into a microphone during the show? I instantly ignored my misgivings and sang the words I LOVE IT at the top of my tuneless voice, during a karaoke sequence.
But I’m jumping ahead.
I was at the Polar Bear Music Club in Hull to watch the performance presented by local theatre company, Silent Uproar.
Arriving early at the venue, my first visit there, I and my theatre buddy sister were invited to relax in a back room while sound checks etc took place - a back room that wouldn’t have looked out of place a century ago. We ...