Noah Skape is a true multi-hyphenate performer in every sense of the word. With Human Entertainment, he has built a performance that incorporates songs, skits, cabaret and mixed media. It’s hard to describe the show with labels, as labels come with so many expectations – this is something that must be seen to be believed. 

I appreciate the old-fashioned quality about this show; everything from his suspenders, music theatre and the bizarre snippets of old-timey film and radio excerpts. The old-fashioned stylings allow the audience to embrace the extreme clowning as the show harkens back to a time when entertainment was literally more human. 

Armed with a suitcase of basic props and costume changes, Skape makes ample use of every prop to the point where I wish the chest were bottomless just to see what physical pictures he could paint. The technical audio qualities of the space could not quite keep up with a performance of Noah’s calibre and agility – I wonder if the microphone was even necessary for a space that small. 

No matter how long you’ve been a veteran of theatre, Noah Skape commands your attention with deft physicality, incredible vocals and facial expressions that explore the entire spectrum of human emotion. Controlled chaos in its utmost form, Skape explores the futile life of an artist, and in contradiction to this, Noah Skape is an artist we should all be keeping tabs on.