Winner: Emerging Talent Award
‘Brilliant comic with the punk spirit of the Sex Pistols’
Meet Martin, the creep lurking in the shadows. Familiar yet alien, ‘harmless’ but predatory, comical but unsettling – he refuses to avert his gaze or listen to what you want. His fingers are all thumbs and he eats processed meat straight out of the packet, endlessly.
Blending dark comedy, lo-fi theatricality, and razor-edged critique, Theodora van der Beek invites us into Martin’s world – where sinister, retro nostalgia meets the cursed manifestations of our modern internet brains. Through him, she plays a game of consent with herself, unmasking the mechanics of sexual predation and society’s quiet complicity.
A provocative pull down the seedy rabbit hole that is Mr Creep, daring us to stop pretending he’s not there.
Part of Soho Rising Festival 2026
You saw them here first.
This February, 24 rising stars of theatre, comedy, cabaret and drag showcase their work in Soho Theatre’s annual festival, Soho Rising.