Review: Sikisa: Life of the Party

Sikisa’s party spirit is challenged by stereotypes in her Fringe debut about living your best life, but you can’t keep a good woman off the dance floor. Ready to stay out all night, this hostess with the mostest takes on unfounded beliefs about black women in a sassy hour.

An immigration lawyer from South London with roots in Barbados, Sikisa is fed up with people’s assumptions about her. In the show, some of these views are revealed through interactions with people she meets at a house party, allowing her to address different perspectives while discussing a range of topics, including cocaine use, gentrification, fuckbois and interracial dating.

Involving a member of the audience, she talks about the plight of immigrants, using a game to demonstrate what it takes to get a UK passport. It's a surprisingly rare moment of audience interaction, following the enthusiastic greeting at the start of the show. The banging tunes at the entrance hinted at a party for all, but Sikisa is the only one who gets to take regular ‘dance breaks’, which may be why the energy levels in the room slightly drop across the hour. Even so, this is a high-spirited call to celebrate life and love yourself from a comedian who knows how to have fun.