Two Hearts – Don’t Stop Throbbing

July 29, 2026 at Soho Theatre

There aren’t many bands who are releasing their best work ten years after forming, and that’s especially the case when it comes to musical comedy acts. But married New Zealand duo Laura Daniel and Joseph Moore have once again shown that they’re at the very top of their game with their latest show Don’t Stop Throbbing.

Appearing on stage as their own support act, Larry and Joseph, the debut song “Men’s Mental Health” establishes their skill at tackling any kind of genre and making it insanely catchy. It also shows how talented they are when it comes to packing them with smart lyrics that will at the very least make you smile, and most of the time respond far more favourably than that. It also sets up one of the jokey narrative strands in the show, as it’s suggested that Laura may be having an affair with one of the duo, who definitely isn’t herself with a poundland moustache.

Along with this are a number of other really great running gags, one of which also works as a call back to previous shows as they carry on playing around with Joseph’s status within the act, and how considering the strength of Laura’s voice he isn’t exactly essential to the group. Of course it’s never been true, but he proves that’s definitely not the case here as during one of Laura’s brief forays off stage he gets the show’s funniest song, revolving about being a  pescatarian which comes with a punchline which was laugh out loud funny each and every time.

That’s not to suggest that Laura’s numbers aren’t equally as sublime however, as she’s responsible for a large selection of the kind of earworms that will stay with you for months if not years. She also has the best of the other running jokes, concerning how she’s written a one woman musical about four famous women known for their relationship with a specific man. Naming the particular individual would spoil it, but it’s better than any of the songs from the musical Six that it’s spoofing, and filled with extremely funny observations.

If I had the tiniest of complaints it might be that the song they ended on, Holiday, isn’t the funniest number they’ve ever created and structurally echoes one of the earlier songs. But I feel guilty for even mentioning it because this was a sublime set, one that had me laughing throughout the fifty odd minutes they were on stage. And even without the perfect ending it was still a selection of songs which firmly proved that Two Hearts had created not only yet another five star show, but also their best yet.

Two Hearts – Don’t Stop Throbbing is showing at the Pleasance Courtyard during the Edinburgh Fringe, 24th-30th August.