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Vault festival 2020: all of the latest reviews

Keep track of the shows at the sprawling arts extravaganza beneath Waterloo Station in London. This page will be updated throughout the festival

Until 1 February
Simon David’s autobiographical solo show opens with quite the musical showstopper. In flared sequin suit, fishnet tank top and beret, he belts out I’m Gay (“That’s literally all I have to say!”), a rhyme-studded dazzler about how you won’t find his sperm swimmin’ anywhere near wimmin. Then comes a neat routine, delivered with mock horror, about realising a man’s decision to “renege on our date” was a brush-off rather than “a gay thing involving RenĂ©e Zellweger”. Next, he’s quizzing an audience member about masturbation.

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