Monique Warren: The Comedy Games With Coach Mon kids review – Post-Olympics fun
Little ones will be raring for exercise after an excitable session with Coach Mon

For kids who are all jacked up after watching the Olympics, or even just giving it their absolute all at school sports day, Coach Mon presents a fun morning show for children, all about sports. Dressed in cycling shorts, shellsuit top and baseball cap, with a whistle round her neck, Monique Warren (Australian singer, clown and former actor in an advert for Vicks VapoDrops) is at the top of her game when it comes to talking to kids. She wrote the show after teaching children over Zoom during lockdown and she clearly knows various ways into their hearts, including fart jokes, slow-mo running races and sports trivia (she even improvs a mention of Aussie rules football for a fitba’ mad boy in the front row).
The pace feels gentle, but Mon slots in a make-your-own-gold medal session, live cartwheels and blasts of rousing sporting tunes, including Vangelis’ iconic theme from Chariots Of Fire. Two-year-olds and nine-year-olds were equally entertained on the morning we visited and Mon held their attention like a pro, with lots of audience interaction and nonsense humour. Blending up healthy smoothies (with some gross results), following your dreams and practising hard make up the loose plot of this relaxed, silly show, where everyone’s eyebrows (yes eyebrows) get a workout. Expect a welcoming atmosphere (it’s fine if kids want to stay on the bench) and a coach full of pep.
Monique Warren: The Comedy Games, TheSpace @ Niddry Street, until 20 August, 11am; main picture: Darren Gill.