Keeping the Captain Warm

Source: The List (Issue 687)
Date: 15 August 2011
Written by: Murray Robertson

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This article is from 2011.

Faltering sketch comedy with moments of greatness

Rather like a live rehearsal, about half-way through this show, the four-piece sketch act finally hits the ground running, and what began as a middling muddle of cliché actually finds its feet. Some of the performances tower over others and there is a yawning chasm between the terrific and the trite but moments of inspired majesty lift proceedings.

The Caves, 556 5375, until 28 Aug, 8.55pm, £7–£8 (£6–£7).