Festival diary: Autistic license

(A bit late, true enough, but better late than never.)

This revue show, performed by students of St George's Medical School, London, is described in the Fringe brochure as "light-hearted but not for the faint of heart", which proved very accurate: sketches about cot death or gay blood donors are not to everyone's taste, but it's likely that being able to joke about such serious matters is a carthartic experience for the next generation of doctors.

Enough moralising. The performance was well strung together and played to the hilt, the small group of performers at ease with their material, the most agreeable surprise being the ability of two cast members to hold a tune with aplomb - Will Young's Leave right now (rewritten for the context of gay cannibalism, of all things) and Britney Spears' Crazy (sung by a teenage mother to her toddler) were both clear highlights. The recurring characters of two upper-class women going through pregnancy helped bind the show.

All in all, a great success, albeit not one to be recommended to the sensitive.

Autistic license ran until Monday, 29th August at Ego, 14 Picardy Place, starting at 4:40pm. The Fringe Festival is over for this year, so don't bother ringing their box office for details ...

(2nd September 2005)

Comments:
Oooh, just googled our show and found your review. Thanks matey, glad you enjoyed it! Lotsa love, the teenage mum
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