Navelgazing
Note: This review is from 2000
This stunningly intelligent and darkhearted comedy is one of the hidden delights of the fringe.
A bitter-sweet and poignant tale of family tensions, it's a remarkable show that also manages to be incredibly funny.
Much closer to a piece of theatre than your usual character sketch show, their well-crafted work will inevitably be compared to the equally inspired League OfGentlemen.
But this is no second-rate derivative, as the sickeningly talented Navelgazing quartet have a genius of their own.
Able to tug at the emotions as effectively as they tickle the funnybone, the classy team has created as perfect a comic performance as you'll see anywhere.
It's no surprise that the foursome responsible Jack Brough, Jamie Deeks, Dan Johnston and Ewen MacIntosh have landed a sitcom pilot for Channel 4.
Remember their names now, they'll be comedy heroes of the future
Review date: 1 Jan 2000
Reviewed by: Steve Bennett