2010 Edinburgh Fringe
The Gentlemen Of Leisure Present: An Hour Of Too Much Culture
As the Greek dramatist Menander observed 'Culture makes all men gentle'. So come along and enjoy this side-splittingly educational, hilariously inspirational sketch-comedy show. Your hosts for the hour will be Nish Kumar and Tom Neenan, two young men who devour books but drink paint. These seasoned performers and pillars of a proverbial Parthenon of culture invite you to join them as they seek out fine arts, fine living and fine-r things. Two men, too much culture - you do the maths. **** (Scotsman); **** (ThreeWeeks).
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Two young comics are to assume what I can only describe as "close to the bone" comedic alter-egos as bumbling and inept arts correspondents for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I'm told. Nish Kumar and Tom Neenan, who are avid fans of Newsnight Review and The Culture Show on television, are not exactly satirising the presenters and the acts that appear on such shows, but only gently "ribbing" them, Kumar says. The act, Gentlemen of Leisure, will feature such imaginary performance troupes as the Reduced Dickens Company (could this possibly have been inspired by the Reduced Shakespeare Company?) who rap the entire plot of A Tale of Two Cities. Another sketch involves a politically motivated dance troupe called Dystopia, who are "completely obsessed with the onset of robot attacks". Kumar says that, while it is not straightforward satire, it is what might happen "when the wrong people present these shows". Arts correspondents be warned. Their show is at GRV in Edinburgh from today.
Arifa Akbar, The Independent, 6th August 2010Performances
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6th Aug 2010 | 13:40 | The GRV |
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