comedy review

Heroes and Villains

Guy Incognito

Set simply and with little action - save for a strange and dispensable Indiana Jones re-enactment – ‘Heroes And Villains’ was always going to sink or swim on the quality of the two characters' dialogue. There are good lines from the off, but for much of the play the jokes have to fight their way out from under a contrived eloquence at odds with the material, the sort that makes ‘Dawson's Creek’ impossible to watch after you turn 16. It does manage to stay afloat though. The plot work, albeit brief, is good, hinting at an aptitude for Seinfeld style entanglements, and the observational stuff rings enjoyably true. There is a little way to go but, if they want it, there's surely a sitcom waiting in the wings.

Upstairs at The Three and Ten, 3, 4, 10, 11 May, times vary, £7.00 (£5.00), fpp 17

tw rating: 3/5

published: Aug-2008

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