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The Boom Jennies: Mischief
5 Aug 2012
Great chemistry hampered by a poor script
The Boom Jennies are three accomplished performers with great chemistry and good timing. What lets them down here are a poor script and weak punchlines. Each sketch features three middle class women blustering around and politely remonstrating with…
The Boom Jennies: Blowout
18 Aug 2011
An exhilarating and surprising blowout
‘Three ambassadors of fun’, the tannoy voice intones as we await the parting of the curtain. ‘A joy strudel to stuff in your faces!’ The Pleasance’s continuity announcer didn’t lie, and it’s easy to compare these funny, endearing, dynamic girls to Smack…
Edinburgh Fringe 2010 comedy highlights for a fiver
27 Jul 2010
The best comedy shows doing cheap previews
A Betrayal of Penguins The two young Irish jokers return with more sketchy nonsense in a show entitled Don’t Run with Scissors? Gilded Balloon Teviot, 4-6 Aug, 2.45pm. Adam Riches The man behind Rogues Males is back in the saddle as he…
Twitter Natter
14 Aug 2009
Here at List Towers we have been inundated with Twitter reviews. We've collected our top picks, for the people by the people
The Boom Jennies
11 Aug 2009
Yummy mummies sketch out society's most awkward moments
This winsome trio deliver a satisfying platter of traditional sketch show fun by leaning on social repartee’s potential horrors, the gentle hilarity of repetition and the delayed punchline. With particularly adroit deployment of physical comedy…
The Boom Jennies
7 Aug 2008
This three-woman comedy act manages to gel slick silly awkwardness with surreal nonsense and even a hint of a dark side. It's a slow burner of a show, and there are no real belly laughs, but you may find some smiles sneaking up to tickle you under the…
