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Vaults, LondonZoe Lyons is a pyjama-clad deity with wrath-management issues and a retinue of doubtful angels in David Javerbaum’s enjoyable comedy
It began as a Twitter account, which begat a book, which begat a Broadway show, in which God descended among us to update the Ten Commandments and excuse his “wrath-management issues”. In the US, its lead role was taken by camp sitcom stars Jim Parsons and Sean Hayes. Now standup Zoe Lyons plays the capricious Almighty who, when asked why there is no consistent justice in her world, barks: “I prefer mysterious ways!”
Although described as a “one-God show”, Lyons – in silk pyjamas on Tim Shortall’s heavenly king-size bed set – is joined by buff Tom Bowen as archangel Gabriel, reciting verses from a Gutenberg Bible. In the auditorium, archangel Michael (Matt Tedford) solicits audience questions, before staging a minor rebellion and venturing niggling doubts of his own. Continue reading...