comedy review

Aeneas Faversham

Penny Dreadfuls

Rarely is a sketch show laugh-out-loud funny in every single scene, but the Penny Dreadfuls are the definite exception to this widely established rule - with each scene more stupid and more comical than the last. From treating patients who are suffering from “regional accents” to proclaiming that “tea is coffee’s bitch!”, these guys manage to find jokes in the strangest of subjects. I don’t think I could find a fault in anything that they did – and you even get a free badge! Okay, so they may not be trying to change the world, or make us think, particularly, but let’s be honest, who really wants that at tea-time anyway? This is just a great piece of lightweight fun.

Smirnoff Underbelly, 3 - 27 August, 6:00pm , prices vary, fpp 16

tw rating: 5/5

published: Aug-2006

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