BLOG: Artistic Director Flo O’Mahony on how to create the ‘perfect’ show
Wed 20 May, 2026
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Perfect Show for Rachel
28 May – 6 Jun 2026
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Tickets£16.50 - £21.00
Bookings are subject to a £2.95 transaction fee.
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VenueCourtyard
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Running time75 mins
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Age guidance14+
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Funny, heart warming, triumphant. The perfect show.
Carefully crafted. Beautifully layered. Everything is captured and everything is allowed. Rachel really is the most ruthless director” – ★★★★★ – The Guardian
This is Rachel’s perfect show. Every night, Rachel takes her place at the desk on stage, live-directing a cast of 13 professional performers, including Musical Director Chris Ash (Showstopper) and lead artist Lee Simpson (Improbable, Comedy Store Players).
Rachel’s desk has 50 buttons on it, and each one triggers something different – a scene, a song, a dance, a pub brawl, a drag act. Every performance is completely different, weaving music, movement and improvisation together under Rachel’s sharp direction. At its heart, this is a unique portrait of a woman rarely seen.
Rachel is Learning Disabled, and lives in a care home. Flo is her sister, and Artistic Director of Zoo Co. For Rachel to take the lead, and we mean actually take the lead, we had to throw out all the rules of traditional theatre-making and start again.
This multi-award winning show comes to Leeds Playhouse following two sell-out runs at the Barbican and international tour.
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Stephen Collins
Onstage Company + BSL Performer
Wendy O’Mahony
Onstage Company
Simeon Campbell
Onstage Company
Sara Dawood
Onstage Company
Lee Simpson
Onstage Company
Rachel O’Mahony
Director
Gabriel-Akamo
Swing
Folarin Akinmade
Onstage Company
Flo O’Mahony
On stage company
Fleur Rooth
Onstage Company
Chris Ash
Onstage Company
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Creatives
Rachel O’Mahony
Director
Lee Simpson & Flo O’Mahony
Lead Artists
Stella Backman
Designer
Simeon Campbell
Choreographer
Rachel Sampley
Lighting and AV Designer
Christopher Ash
Musical Director
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