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MOST POPULAR LINKS... FRONT PAGE... MONTHLY DRINKS NIGHT
GAVIN AND GAVIN
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Verdict: Two rude girls at the airport - Hilarious
Edinburgh - August 2002
This gifted and funny show features real-life sisters
Lauretta and Sharon Gavin. Stranded at a Portuguese airport, they
plunge into character sketches of everyone they can think
of, from black rappers (they're white and blonde) to
farmers with thespian ambitions.
One moment Lauretta's a bloke checking out Sharon in rap,
next she's a nun enjoying a body search at customs, next she's a
Cockney tart ('I've had more G-Strings up my arse this holiday
than a Sumo Wrestler') being chatted up by Sharon as a gypsy.
Sharon's a furious Portuguese customer complaints officer ('I hate you
English, you always buy cheap'), and suddenly she's all the holiday
reps you never want to see again ('Friday night - Shagatora!
I'm Jangle Jangle Julie - Trust me, I'm a nutter!')
Gavin and Gavin use a smart script, straightforward lighting, and
subtly-perverted airport announcement voice-overs. It's intercut with
a couple of short and curiously moving spoken thoughts by Lauretta
about not wanting to go home. And they dance (fabulously).
In a set that flashes by, they investigate Argos flat-pack furniture,
cremation (Are the bones removed first?), Sharon's unusual
version of Frank Spencer, a few hundred other topics, and a probing
analysis of artificial insemination ('You're not a farmer,
you're a filthy wanker').
Don't miss it.
Directors - Gavin and Gavin. Producers - Green and Lenagan.
Technicals at preview - Rupert Lally.
END
John Park
reviewed at preview Monday 22 July 02
Fringe Report (c) Fringe Report 2002-2010
