Three’s company, Two is a party fuses cabaret, comedy and dance theatre to poke fun at the jealousy-fuelled bitchyness of women and the insane lengths they go to in their quest for one up-man-ship. Always funny and at times, cutting, the show is a great starter to a girls’ night out.
A variety of familiar scenes appear, from the toilet conversations in clubs to the inane small-talk between ‘friends’ when they are left stuck with one another at the bar. In many ways, the show explores female insecurities and this it does to good effect. There are occasions, however, when it may seem to laugh a little too hard at the type of women it represents.
That said, there is a sense of nuance to their social commentary, most notably between the two sequin-clad girls when they construct balloon voodoo dolls of one another and move with devious purpose across the room, contorting and manipulating the other. This sequence is surprisingly dark and delves beneath the surface of harmless drunken confrontation to something more sinister.
As our two ladies exit the stage, on wanders Jayde, an unemployed comedian who is accompanied by her suitcase crammed full of costumes from MC Hammer to her Asda uniform. Jayde appears as the half-time entertainment and succeeds in winning over the audience with her Cheryl Cole impression and wonderfully terrible ‘rapping’ in her urban poetry.
The performance of all three women is playfully funny and at times, clever, and while most women will not identify with this type of character, we’ve all born witness to their kind on our own nights out.
An energetic and amusing performance, ideal if you’re looking for a light-hearted appetiser to your own night out.
3 stars
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