Venue:
Gilded Balloon
Time: 16.00
Price: £6.50 to £8.50
The
Sitcom Trials is one very clever idea. We all watch sitcoms, we all know
what they are about, we all want to see new ones on our screens, so why
not let us the public have a hand in making, watching and choosing them.
The Sitcom Trials gives you just that.
You
see three different first half’s of Sitcoms then decide upon your
favourite, and the overall favourite’s second half will be shown for
your viewing pleasure. The three we saw were a brilliantly characterised
one-man performance of The Weird World of Jimmy James, by James Holmes. An
ambitious idea which although wasn’t brilliantly funny defiantly showed
early signs of being something brilliant.
The
Style Council became the winners, and were absolutely classic! Justin
Moorhouse and Mandy Muden performed this ironic take on the Liquid News
style programme with some brilliant lines, not turned into a big deal but
left in the reporting format for you to really laugh out loud at. This
would make a brilliant 10 minute Stella Street style programme for BBC 2
and I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of interest came their way shortly.
This is TvGoHome live, and even better!
Finally
we saw a Radio Sitcom involving a lesbian triangle and a double-glazing
salesman entitled “Kiss me son of God.” It never reached its full
potential but with a bit of editing, it could end up being very funny.
Kev F’s
who’s got his own show Rude Health on at the fringe acted as compare for
the performance and used his comic abilities to great measure, like all
the performers did with what was a very difficult audience. The Sitcom
Trials deserves full houses and a better timeslot, as it is such a great
idea.
The
Pitch Fest is also a little addition where the audience invent their own
sitcoms; mine came a close 2nd with my idea “Osama and The
Duke.” Now the chance for the audience to really get involved happened
throughout, you got to shout out your favourite sitcoms, and found
yourself having a brilliant time.
No
exceptionally funny, but defiantly one great way to spend an afternoon
seeing what could easily be TV Hits of the future. You’ll laugh out loud
and have a dazzling time.
4 OUT OF 5
