A Brutally Honest Evening with Mel B review – scary, spicy and surreal

Grand theatre, LeedsThe Spice Girl’s spoken-word show spans her chaotic life story and provides a compelling look at superstardom’s human costThis show is billed as “brutally honest” so let’s be brutally honest. Mel B’s audience isn’t full – although neither is it the sales disaster that has seen tabloid speculation that two spoken-word performances will lose her £57,000. She also refutes press reports that she is “unemployed and broke”. However, there’s certainly a story in how working-class teenager Melanie Brown became a Spice Girls superstar and is now a 44-year old mother back home in Leeds, living with her mum.Grilled on a union jack sofa by “celebrity journalist”/biographer Louise Gannon, Brown reveals the five hours of hair-weaving and vocal warm-ups that turn her into Scary Spice. She talks about her mixed-race childhood and bisexuality, hints that the Spice Girls will play Glastonbury in 2020 and is joined by her dog, Cookie, who promptly pees on stage. Continue reading…
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