Gilded Ballroom Teviot
Written by : Maureen Sherlock
Reviewer: Johnny Fox
The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 stars
What did I go and see yesterday? Is this Glasgow? Are you my sister? Have I had my pills?
Perhaps Alzheimer’s is setting in already because I know from the damp patch in my pants I laughed a lot yesterday afternoon, but can’t fully recall what at.
Three Australian actresses portray elderly ladies in the ‘Jurassic Park’ retirement home in Melbourne. The slight joke gives a clue to what’s to come: lots of obvious gags about incontinence, failing eyesight, forgotten sex, deafness and hip replacements … and it’s true some of the jokes are as whiskered as the residents and the dialogue needs the over-repeated “dear” plucking from it like white hairs on the old girls’ chins, but an almost sell-out crowd rocked with laughter.
Sharpened up with a bit more topicality, this could become a regular Fringe favourite.
There are some hilarious moments, the best of which is the sex education balloon routine. A sketch about grandma giving her granddaughter a Mickey Mouse watch is both funny and touching, but the best gag of the afternoon comes in the ballroom dancing class and you’ll certainly remember that.
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That sounds as if I would have enjoyed it but the flier (picture above) put me off as it looked a bit "cheap" goes to show marketing can be a hit or a miss!
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