Croft & Pearce are a duo, Hannah Croft and Fiona Pearce, who have done quite a bit of work on Radio 4 but I really didn't know them at all. However the timings fitted in so I thought, like the previous show, I'd take a punt on them. And jolly splendid they were too.
Structurally it was similar to the previous show I'd seen (Briony Redman), namely a series of seemingly disconnected sketches all becoming intertwined and shedding light on each other until, gradually, the big theme emerges. Except in this case there really didn't appear to be much of a theme other than making clever observations and saying funny lines, which is perfectly admirable.
The humour seemed very traditional, based almost entirely on class-based absurdist situations and stereotypes. Indeed many of the sketches could easily have had Joyce Grenfell starring in them, if there weren't references to iPads and Red Bull. Perhaps this was why the crowd was noticeably older than I've previously seen at comedy gigs ...
The were very very funny and worked well as a duo, that effortless slick timing that only comes after years and years of writing and rehearsal. It was all very well acted, very well performed, and if it may have been a little lightweight and whimsical in this day and age that's no bad thing.
Recommended.
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