Like any actress, Maria Teresa Creasey would like to be immortal, always in the hearts of those watching her on stage and screen. Given that her profession is a vampiric one, the protagonists of which suck on the fleeting moments of fame before the paying public move on to another scream queen, this is probably a big ask. 

As it is, Creasey opens her show lying on the floor bound and gagged and forced to muffle her way to asking someone on the front row to release her. Once freed, Creasey hits the ground running in an increasingly mercurial mash-up of edgy stand-up, mid-life crisis and lip-synching to dialogue from assorted scary movies.

Developed as part of Soho Theatre Labs, Creasey’s interpretations are beamed live onto a screen prior to a blood-and-guts song and dance routine that suggests she might yet live forever.

Degenerate, Pleasance Courtyard, until 23 August, 11.10pm; main picture: Vincenzo Albano.