Some Masterchef Sh*t brings its five-star queer dark comedy to London this June

A five-star queer dark comedy about masculinity and true crime makes its London debut this June

Some Masterchef Sh*t has played Manchester and Edinburgh to five-star reviews. Now it opens at The Glitch, Waterloo, for six nights from 24 June. Press night is 29 June.

Some Masterchef Sh*t arrives in London this month after winning Manchester's OffCut Festival in 2023 and picking up five-star reviews at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025. Written by Liam High, directed by James Cave and performed by George Miller and Harry Freeman, this is the production's London debut, running at The Glitch at VAULT Creative Arts, 134 Lower Marsh, SE1, from 24 to 29 June.

The play follows two men who meet online and then in a coffee shop. What starts as an ordinary encounter between strangers moves into darker territory than audiences expect, using a queer lens to examine one of modern history's most disturbing true crimes. The production uses that framework to explore masculinity, mental health, isolation and the lengths people go to in order to feel something. It is a two-hander, 60 minutes, and consistently described by reviewers as genuinely funny alongside the dark subject matter.

High has described the play as examining how men, and in particular queer men, can struggle to exist in the modern world. Cave's direction keeps the tone moving between tenderness and shock without letting either overwhelm the other. The Spy in the Stalls gave it five stars at Edinburgh, calling it "infused with delicate, tight writing, lightning-quick dialogue, and refreshingly honest, natural banter." NorthWestEnd called it "deep disclosures dressed in dark humour."

Performances run 24 to 29 June at 7pm, with a 2pm matinee on 27 June.

Press night is 29 June. Age guidance 16 and above.

Tickets from £14 at tickettailor.com