The director, producers, writer and cast of the Oxford Review have a winner with FEAR. The team have produced a series of some witty, some zany and some really clever sketches that had the first night audience thoroughly entertained. This year’s production will appeal to town as well as gown.
Among our favourites was the martial arts demonstration sketch where the instructor was rather too keen on his fellow demonstrator absorbing the blow rather than avoiding it. Another was Michael Docherty, the guitar player who sang a brilliant protest song that aptly summed up Belgium, including even the mayonnaise covered chips, in the lyrics.
The Hooray Henry gap year traveller sketch and the Pete and Dave “taking one for the team” had particularly clever endings.
Some of the sketches took a typical film scene and turned it on its head, such as the man who had been in a coma for 21 hours, discovering what had changed in that time. Topics covered in the first half, ranged from the Last Supper, to a night on the town in Paris that ended up with a revolution.
The spoof ballet, Journey of the Sperm, with its hushed, reverent commentary, would be worth going to see by itself as it is so memorable. Pavlov having to explain the findings of his six years’ research to the funding committee, was another favourite. Black humour was represented with Age Rage - about under cover reporting from an old people’s home and also a song about perversion. Both were particularly popular with the largely student audience.
Talents displayed by the cast included the remarkable singing of Grace Ang-Lygate, the considerable mastery of accents of a number of the cast, especially Matt Lacey and the excellent timing in all of the sketches. Whenever there was a pause between scenes the pianist very entertainingly filled the gap.
For a thoroughly enjoyable two hours and a preview of probable stars of the future go to the OFS Studio this week.
Among our favourites was the martial arts demonstration sketch where the instructor was rather too keen on his fellow demonstrator absorbing the blow rather than avoiding it. Another was Michael Docherty, the guitar player who sang a brilliant protest song that aptly summed up Belgium, including even the mayonnaise covered chips, in the lyrics.
The Hooray Henry gap year traveller sketch and the Pete and Dave “taking one for the team” had particularly clever endings.
Some of the sketches took a typical film scene and turned it on its head, such as the man who had been in a coma for 21 hours, discovering what had changed in that time. Topics covered in the first half, ranged from the Last Supper, to a night on the town in Paris that ended up with a revolution.
The spoof ballet, Journey of the Sperm, with its hushed, reverent commentary, would be worth going to see by itself as it is so memorable. Pavlov having to explain the findings of his six years’ research to the funding committee, was another favourite. Black humour was represented with Age Rage - about under cover reporting from an old people’s home and also a song about perversion. Both were particularly popular with the largely student audience.
Talents displayed by the cast included the remarkable singing of Grace Ang-Lygate, the considerable mastery of accents of a number of the cast, especially Matt Lacey and the excellent timing in all of the sketches. Whenever there was a pause between scenes the pianist very entertainingly filled the gap.
For a thoroughly enjoyable two hours and a preview of probable stars of the future go to the OFS Studio this week.