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Scott & Big Al's Big Night Scott & Big Al Belgian Beer Cafˇ Oostende Until Sat 13 March This is essentially two sets of stand up, one by each comedian, with a joint session at the beginning and end and a video in between. It had some fairly good moments but I must admit I never had a really big belly chuckle. Some of the best moments, like Scott ]ohn's four kinds of Australian dancing blokes and the video of the comedians down at the local 'Trash and Treasure' (which showed these two have some great off-the-cuff talent), had either little to do with big nights or seemed a separate bit of schtick that happened to be around the topic. The stated intention of the show is to give a guide to having a big night out but the links between each other and the material within their own sets is at times extremely tenuous. The result is a somewhat patchy, general look at being drunk and/or from the northern suburbs. It is the structure more than anything that lets this show down; a more focused set of narratives would yield better material and a tighter show. By the three quarter time mark my mind was wandering as much as the show was. Whilst these two young locals have some way to go with their writing before they can compete on the international playing field that our town becomes during Fringe time, their performances were adequate and experience will do the rest - look out for them in 2006 |
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