Class Enemy isn't quite as filthy as Anthony Neilson's Realism, at the International Festival two years ago, but it's still a f***ing barrage of f***ing profanity. The show, about a group of out-of-control school pupils abandoned by their despairing
teachers, is in Bosnian, so the swearing appears in big letters on the English supertitles. This means that in the play's duller moments – of which there are a few – you can keep yourself occupied by trying to identify the Bosnian word for "c***".
BEST COMEDY DEATHAlys Torrance as the Duke of Buckingham in Faultless and Torrance's two-person Three Musketeers at Underbelly, who pops his clogs by eating an orange cream. Death by chocolate, perfectly orchestrated.
BEST FLYEREROur heart goes out to those still out flyering, many of whom are resorting to desperate measures. One outside the Gilded Balloon yesterday had given up describing his show, and was just calling out: "Sex and violence, sir?" Well, it got our attention.
BEST RIDICULOUS CHASE SCENEIn Barbershopera, a deliciously silly tale at the Pleasance about an unlikely barbershop quartet, our heroes find themselves in Ljubljana, pursued through the streets by rivals from Switzerland. Since just four actors play eight parts, much frantic donning and removing of fake moustaches ensues.
BEST MOWGLI LOOKALIKE"I know what you're thinking," says young comedian Ahir Shah, as he takes the stage for Ahir Shah and Alex Maple: One Boy, One Man. Two Comedians at ClubWest. "Where's the rest of the cast of The Jungle Book?" Well, Baloo (Omid Djalili) and King Louie (Andrew Maxwell) are at the Pleasance, Kaa (Simon Munnery) is at the Stand and Shere Khan (Jimmy Carr) is at the EICC. A Fringe show in the making, surely?
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