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Perfect Show For Rachel

Funny, heart warming, triumphant. The perfect show.

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Tickets from £15*

A group of actors cheering on stage in a group with silly expressions on their face.

5 Stars

Why can’t more theatre be like this? Open, relaxed, fun and full of love

The Guardian

Created by Zoo Co Theatre. Produced by Zoo Co and Improbable

Meet the O’Mahony sisters. Flo is an award winning theatre director. Rachel is an enigmatic, learning-disabled 35 year-old who loves Kylie and seeing people fall over. So they decided to create Rachel's perfect show: fast paced, funny, and different every night.

Expect physical comedy, live music, home movies, dancing and a lot of Rachel soaking her sister with a watergun in this critically acclaimed, award winning show. As Rachel creates the show on her own terms every night, the cast have to be ready for anything - including fart jokes, becoming singing biscuits, bar room brawls and being fired on the spot. This is ‘An absolute joy to watch’ (A Youngish Perspective)

4 Stars

Bright, funny, musical, silly scenes... try not beaming

The Times

5 Stars

A joyous celebration of theatre without the rules

The Stage

Perfect Show explores who defines artistic taste, and questions who that currently excludes, winning Zoo Co the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award in 2022. Created by Zoo Co Theatre, a multi award-winning company creating theatre that loudly champions access, co-produced with Improbable, a pioneering company of improvisers and theatre-makers who have been making ground-breaking work for the past 25 years.

Access information

All performances are Relaxed Performances, though due to the nature of the show, loud noises and flashing lights may feature. Audience members are welcome to come and go from the auditorium during the show as needed.

All performances include a mixture of creative captioning, live captioning and integrated BSL, meaning it will be accessible for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences. Due to the improvised nature of some parts of the show, some scenes may just have creative captions or integrated BSL.

Image gallery

  • Rachel in a pink jacket sat at her desk with buttons and a captions screen.
  • Actors in cowboy hats wielding pretend pistols with serious and funny expressions.
  • A wide shot of the stage with an actor out in front singing as other actors are on the ground laughing around her. Large projections of people laughing cover the three walls of the set.
  • A group of actors on stage all with their hands raised as they sing at the top of their lungs with the projection 'This is Perfect Show for Rachel' behind them.
  • A goofy scene of actors throwing confetti at a central figure who is dressed up and riding a miniature bicycle around stage.b
  • A scene of actors in giant cut outs of snacks including olives, bourbon biscuits and crisps with the projection 'I'm your favorite flavor' in the background.
  • Rachel in a pink jacket sat at her desk with buttons and a captions screen.
  • Actors in cowboy hats wielding pretend pistols with serious and funny expressions.
  • A wide shot of the stage with an actor out in front singing as other actors are on the ground laughing around her. Large projections of people laughing cover the three walls of the set.
  • A group of actors on stage all with their hands raised as they sing at the top of their lungs with the projection 'This is Perfect Show for Rachel' behind them.
  • A goofy scene of actors throwing confetti at a central figure who is dressed up and riding a miniature bicycle around stage.b
  • A scene of actors in giant cut outs of snacks including olives, bourbon biscuits and crisps with the projection 'I'm your favorite flavor' in the background.

Dates & Times

  • Captioned and integrated BSL performance

    Friends50%14 – 25s£5
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  • Audio Described, Post-show Talk, Touch Tour, Captioned and integrated BSL performance

    14 – 25s£5
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  • Captioned and integrated BSL performance

    14 – 25s£5
    Buy tickets

  • Captioned and integrated BSL performance

    14 – 25s£5
    Buy tickets

  • Captioned and integrated BSL performance

    14 – 25s£5
    Buy tickets

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*A £2.75 booking fee per transaction applies to this event across all channels - website, phone and in-person bookings at the Box Office. The fee is waived for members, schools, groups and access bookers.