Three Cheese Salad are five actors, most of whom have acting talent, but maybe not writing talent - as most of these sketches show. The team start with a song, then various sketches including a very funny story of a public-schoolboy-turned-street-kid trying to act super-cool and leaving his dorky friends in his wake.

Technical aspects are spot-on and keep the show moving: great funky music between each skit, the use of three uniform red chairs. Other scenes range from a Dry Humping Woman and the Fairtrade Police Brigade. The former sketch is terrrible, the latter very funny.

James Card is especially funny and the most versatile of the crew. He passes seamlessly from convincing character to convicing character. Roisin Rae also shines as a talented comic actress. Overall it's an amusing hour, though sometimes it's embarassing as some sketches crash and burn - and some of the characters are not developed enough to be believeable. There's definitely comic potential in Three Cheese Salad - with a need to listen to what works and what doesn't.

Cast Credits: (alpha order): James Card. Angela Kay. Brooks Livermore. Alan Mitchell. Roisin Rae.

Company Credits: Writer - The Cast & Julie Bowe. Director - Three Cheese Salad. Lighting & Sound - Alastair Kleissner. Producer - uncredited. Company - Three Cheese Salad. Camden Fringe Credits: Directors (alpha order): Zena Barrie, Michelle Flower. Box Office: Etcetera Theatre - Malcolm Keen; Liberties - Martin Donnelly.

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(c) Georgie Dean 2007

reviewed Monday 6 August 07 / Etcetera Theatre

Fringe Report (c) Fringe Report 2002-2008