Saturday 6 August 2011

Day 1 Roundup!

Frimston and Rowett, Just The Tonic (Store). Herculean punning lifts a few sketches, but most fail to take off. Needs some sharpening. 2/5

Grisly Tales From Tumblewater, Pleasance Courtyard. Dickens meets Dahl in this lovingly written, nimbly performed adaptation. Flies by! 3/5

Roar, C. A thin, disagreeable narrative clashes with a gleeful, pantomime aesthetic; this ambitious piece can't quite decide what it is. 2/5

The Set List, Tron. Improv with inherently flawed format. Stand-ups struggle to work list of phrases into set. Weak compere didn't help. 2/5