Checkley Bush

• Nicola Meighan
• 18 August 2010

This article is from 2010.

A bawdy, musical realm

Checkley Bush is a bawdy, musical realm in which Cher and Liza Minnelli are housewives, Peter Andre is a pop avenger, and an imminent visit by Sandi Toksvig equals front-page news. Actors Laura Checkley and Victoria Bush cavort through sketches, film clips and hit-parade parodies, while their madcap impressions and a genius Lambada compensate for misfires like the civic-centre séance.

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 622 6552, until 30 Aug, 2.30pm, £8.50–£9.50 (£7.50–£8.50).