In the deepest darkest depths of Underbelly (a venue hosting some outstanding shows this year), four people are pretending to work in an Italian restaurant. But just barely. The restaurant link is tentative and confused, but it matters not. Quattro Formaggio bring forth a set of absurdist sketches not entirely dissimilar to ‘Green Wing’, and perhaps even better than ‘Green Wing’. There is the same dark sexual undercurrent to everything, the same surreal meandering, inter-character tension and post-modern ‘we know this is weird’ winks to the audience. But it is a life-affirming and buoyant experience, and put this reviewer a good mood for the entire day. Let’s fill their dungeon before the month is out.
Underbelly, 4 – 28 Aug (not 17), 1.20pm (2.20pm), £6.50 – £9.50, fpp111.
tw rating 4/5
[jh]
Sections: by James Hampson - ED2011 Comedy Reviews - tw rating 4/5 | Tags: Underbelly
Also from ThreeWeeks...
ED2011 Comedy Review: Edward Aczel Doesn’t Exist (Show + Tell)
The audience has packed themselves into a tight unit in this show; not a gap between us, nary a straggler off on their own. What are we so afraid of?...
ED2011 Comedy Review: Men Of War
Scratch The title is misleading. There’s no war, and it’s actually three men and one woman; not the macho-fest I was dreading. ‘Men Of War’ is a bastion of comedic...
ED2011 Comedy Review: Marcel Lucont Etc: A Chat Show (Corrie McGuire For Objective Talent)
Monsieur Lucont saunters on-stage sans shoes and glass of vin rouge in hand. He is charmingly arrogant, shamelessly plugging his book and boasting of the aphrodisiacal qualities his voice possesses....
GET ALERTS OF NEW THREEWEEKS CONTENT: Click here to sign up to the free ThreeWeeks email
