What was good about the 80's ???? yeah not allot i know but they did have some great sketch comedy and that my friends is exactly what the three G's offer up, good quality fast paced 80's style sketch humour. OK it's a bit tacky props and costume wise but at the end of the day as long as the material is good, and by god it is, that's all that matters right?, well unless your looking to win one of the many comedy awards floating around Edinburgh this time of year. Stuff awards though this show is all about making you laugh and it does that from start to finish. The boys give birth to a host of different characters throughout the show, some used just once and some reappearing time and time again. Even though the costume changes are not major they are still very believable and this is down to some great acting ability. The ventriloquist dummy sketch is great and it's all down to the fantastic comic facial expressions pulled by the geek, seriously if you don't laugh you must be dead. Top drawer comedy already and they have still some room to improve. Watch out comedy world, there is a new team in Edinburgh and not only are they funny but they have a fantastic taste in music. if you love to laugh and hate James Blunt then The Ginge, The Geordie and The Geek are a edfringe must. Go see them and spread the word. The Boys are back in town
ComedyReviewer 8/10
Edfringe 4 Stars
Who the hell is Sharron Matthews? That’s what I thought when I was asked to go check out the Canadian cabaret performer but after a tremendous show I certainly know all about her now. That world domination part suddenly doesn’t seem so far off. Expect songs, stories and lots of laughter in this feel good fun packed 50mins. Sharron is a born entertainer and this is obvious from the off, not only is she very funny but she has a cracking voice and you can’t help be mesmerized when she belts out hits from legends like Shirley Bassey to Radiohead. The clever part is the way she fuses songs in to one another witch not only makes for a great melody of tracks but also cleverly helps tell her stories. As a comedy show its very good but I refuse to review this just on comedy alone, this is cabaret and as that it’s excellent. Brace yourself world Sharron Matthews is taking over.
Sketch shows are hard to do that’s why most have 3, 4 even 5 members, not Max and Ivan though, this dynamic double act do all the sketches on their own. It really is a fast paced show and you feel for the guys who have to dash from one character to another, don’t for one second think that this takes anything away from the show as the guys are very accomplished performers and slip between accents with ease. The opening sketch is one I’ll call Super Mafia Bros, it combines the stereotypical Italian mafia film characters with the Nintendo video game ones. This my friends is nothing short of comedy genius that works on every level and more like this would see the guys on the way to a 5 star show. The writing is good and in parts fantastic but just not consistent enough and I also feel some sketches could be enhanced with a little better direction and in some cases trimmed down in length, I just feel that in some cases the joke isn’t strong enough to hold such a long sketch. In all it’s a really good show and I think everyone in the audience really enjoyed it. The so called bigger venues will be taking note especially with most dates selling out, It doesn’t take a Joe Power to see these boys are going to be big.
