Quirks and Foibles bring an anarchic evening of sketches and frantic bingo dabbers to TheSpace.
The Funny Women 2023 shortlisted group consisting of Katie Bennett, Amy McCann and Amelia Stephenson (who the theatre at Surgeons Hall is named after, she quips) issues us with cards and dabbers as we come in, and the crowd is particularly boisterous and up for some bingo action. It’s Katie’s birthday too, so half the crowd are festooned with party hats.
The concept is simple: the cast spin a bingo ball dispenser and perform whatever sketch is written on the ball that emerges. The audience stamp them off, and if they get a line or full house they win a prize. Indeed, we have several winners this evening, and some very enthusiastic fans of the ‘Graham’ sketch were keen to fill that square; fortunately, their wishes were granted!
Thematically the sketches were a mixture of quickfire and longer scenes, tackling such diverse issues as a tense poison-off between mortal enemies, the many weird residents of Hauntington Manor and some very familiar cowboy-based confectionery. No skit outstayed its welcome, and the team managed to get through a good chunk of them in the short time they had in the venue.
Sketch Show Bingo is a satisfying slice of chaotic comedy.
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