‘Tesco, how can I resist ya!’ – the unstoppable stars of stage on TikTok

The singing sensation belting out big numbers in the veg aisle, Britney's Oops! redone as vintage jazz, how to flirt if you're a woman in a musical ... our critic takes her seat for theatre on TikTok

Theatre TikTok threw out a lifeline for actors during lockdown with musical spin-offs and plenty of theatrical silliness that has gathered momentum since. Sam Williams's double-act with his grandma Judi Dench kept us laughing through the pandemic as he tried to tell her jokes and she foiled his punchlines. The duo seem to have retired but the videos are still up and enormously entertaining.

The best of thespian TikTok superstars combine fabulous voices with clever comic skits: Katiejoyofosho features highly among them, composing her own parody musicals including a Broadway show in one video after Amazon buys its own theatre" which contains regular adverts and a branded backdrop among the rousing musical solos, and another called How to Flirt if You're a Woman in a Musical. Meanwhile, Dales_drama is an 18-year-old musical theatre kid" who performs a mix of kooky cosplay (Peter Pettigrew from Harry Potter pops up repeatedly) and gloriously sung duets such as George Salazar's Michael in the Bathroom (from her own bathroom) and sometimes strums along on the ukulele.