 When
you get an Edinburgh Fringe Festival show which includes; Will Adamsdale,
Stephen K Amos, Tara Flynn, Tony Law, Mike McShane, Phil Nichol and
Tiffany Stevenson you immediately think oh yes a comedy!
When it is an Underbelly Production in association with The
Comedians' Theatre Company expect anything!
Phil
Nichol is the late night early morning DJ on a talk radio station.
Discussions on the imminent national broadcasting of the station
are in the final stages and the station manager, Mike McShane is in with
sponsors to oversee and insure the smooth progression of his plans.
Stephen
K Amos is the technical genius behind Phil's success, after a less than
successful stint as a DJ himself, he decided to move with Phil and see
how things went.
We
watch the events of the evening from the position of a fly on the wall,
seeing the reaction of the voice over the airwaves.
His facial and physical expressions frequently displaying
different emotions to those going out over the airwaves.
When one of his callers announces an imminent death, the lines
are jammed with others demanding to know what is going on. After
subsequent calls the DJ indices the caller into the radio station.
A possible recipe for disaster surely!!
The
ending most certainly not one I could have dreamt of, both uncomfortable
and shocking. Not a show for the faint hearted but an opportunity to see
some of our top comedians acting out of their socks.
Directed by Stewart Lee, himself a great stand-up comedian, but
also the Director of 'Jerry Springer The Opera'.
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