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REVIEW: Marlborough: Miss Behave’s Gameshow

May 24, 2015

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The premise of this show is that the most important division in the world isn’t male and female or gay and straight but those who own iPhones and the rest of us. As we enter the confines of the Marlborough the audience is split into these two rival factions and then the games commence. Some utilise the hi-tec features of your smartphone, others depend on analogue versions of popular digital hits (without giving too much away their version of Candy Crush involves some confectionary and a large mallet).

This bitter rivalry is presided over by the wondrous Miss Behave, everyone’s favourite Bohemian aunt. A vision in sparkly couture topped with a glittery turban, she whips up the participants into a competitive frenzy as they do seemingly anything to get points for their team. She’s ably assisted by Harriet (Harry Clayton Wright) a vision of loveliness in leather-effect hot pants and bottle top glasses. The two fearless performers unleash such rounds as ‘Porn You’d Admit To’ or the awesome ‘Do Anything for a Point’ which results in poor Harriet almost being subjected to a sex attack.

It’s all infectiously raucous and somehow manages to get us to be genuinely aggrieved when a point in knocked off our score at the whim of Miss Behave. It’s sweet, short – it clocks in at just over an hour – and, like its two stars, is completely adorable.

Last show tonight, May 24, at 21.00.

For more information and tickets click here.

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