Who’s Afraid of Mikey Garland? – Hope Street Theatre
Drawing upon his own experiences of homelessness from the age of five, Liverpool-based rapper Mikey Garland narrates the course of his life around his debut album of the same title in this production from ArtsGroupie CIC. The show carries a content warning relating to themes which may be triggering to some people, so audience discretion is advised.
Garland employs a simple set with minimal props to support the stages of his journey over the course of the last twenty-eight years and this works well given he is a visually engaging performer with numerous costume changes supporting the performance of each of the twelve songs.
The stage descends to darkness between songs with a voice over detailing the background experiences in Garland’s life at each point in time. Whilst this effective...