Brilliant! The Socks first review of 2015 and it's 5 stars. Thanks to John Christopher Wood at Theatre Bath for this review of last night's show:
REVIEW – BATH COMEDY FESTIVAL: 5 STARS – THE SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE – RONDO THEATRE
The Falsetto Socks show has been around for quite a while now; interesting to see if it’s still as funny as it has been. Well, readers, I’m here to tell you that it is. This performance at the Rondo has its audience, including yours truly, hooting and screeching with appreciation
throughout an exceptionally gag-packed comedic experience which
requires an interval in which to get the breath back. The duelling duo
of argumentative footwear is as raucous as ever; one of them a bit dim, the other a bit bad-tempered, and their constant verbal fisticuffs make Punch and Judy look like what it is. Child’s play. The ad-libbing ability is incredibly sharp, and can instantly turn any slightest audience event into a full-fledged comedy routine on the spot (The
strange incident of two audience members banging on a side door by the
stage to be let in proves to be a gift, rather than a distraction.). One or two of the older gags are still in; but it doesn’t really matter; even when you’ve witnessed the crazed misinterpretation of the lyrics of Michael Jackson’s Earthsong as often as I have, it’s still funny. But
there’s more; layer on layer of extended ludicrous puns; lots of
idiotic costumes (Costumes? For socks?); wonderfully slanderous songs
about UKIP, about ‘70s police corruption; about David Bowie in old age - and why it’s even funnier because it’s Scottish, and falsetto, I don’t know, but it emphatically is. This
is a wide-ranging comic imagination that seemingly knows no bounds, all
delivered at breathtaking speed with nary a nanosecond between gags.
The Sox remains, for this critic, one of the truly great comic inventions of our time. Miss it at your peril.
***** (5 Stars)
John Christopher Wood
The Socks will be debuting new material from Minging Detectives, and the best of their recent satire, on tour
Apr 4 Rondo Bath Comedy Festival
Apr 18 Ropewalk Barton
Apr 24 Neath NRG Cafe
May 15 Exchange Keighley
May 22 & 23 Brighton Komedia
June 25 Cheltenham
June 27 Old Joint Stock Birmingham
July 17 Carriageworks Leeds
July 25 - Bedford Fringe
Aug 5 - 31 10.30pm Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe
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