Photo credit: Andrew Perry
Part of the Kunsty performance series at London’s Southbank Centre and hot off the back of an acclaimed run at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, Fag Packet revive their absurdly brilliant DYKE Systems Ltd - a surreal business seminar and hilarious send-up of corporate feminism.
Writers and performers Kheski Kobler and Holly Wilson-Guy are Sally and Susan - ambitious American suburbanites and ‘friends’ ascending the ladder to the highest tier of the DYKE System (Dynamic! Young! Knowledgable! Entrepreneur!)
As any pyramid scheme, this mysterious self-improvement cult begins to expose its own hollow promises, revealing a nefarious plot that escalates to a thrilling, homo-erotically charged Thelma and Louise-style finish.
With the rise of dubiously entrepreneurial influencers, the current climate feels ripe for a second wind of the lurid polyester multi-level marketing explosion of the 1990s that DYKE Systems Ltd draws on.
Kobler and Wilson-Guy are an electric double-act, never missing a comic beat in the 80-minutes of razor-sharp satire. The pair often gesture beyond the forth wall, inviting the audience into their scheme but never in a way that interrupts the flow of self-assured corporate patter.
A zesty and fresh queer corporate satire and a delight for London audiences who missed this treat at the Fringe.
**** Four stars
Reviewed by: Livvy Perrett
DYKE Systems Ltd now continues its tour until the end of November, with further info here.