Original Review:

Show Rating:

There are three types of sketch troupes: those just starting
to have go, those who have some experience but aren't quite there
yet, and those good enough or almost good enough to get a BBC
radio series.

I'm afraid this falls into the first category, even if the
two writers and ten performers ­ local teens putting on a
show so they can enjoy the full Fringe experience ­ are very
enthusiastic.

It started with a sketch in which Noah (of Ark fame) was talking
to a Customs official. Both characters appeared to be speaking
in cod-Indian accents which occasionally lapsed into Welsh, and
it ended with the Customs man taking a photo of Noah on his mobile
phone. None of this made any sense - not the situation, not
the accents, not the mobile phone - it just wasn't thought through.

I kept being reminded of a heckle at South London's Up The
Creek comedy club: 'Frankly, "not quite good enough"
pretty much covers it.'

But they should do the Fringe again next year. And the next. Always do it three times ­ to prove early critics, like me, wrong.

John Fleming