We are in the American Deep South. The five women are bridesmaids wearing identical dresses of an apricot hue, heartily disliked by the women inside them. They suggest at one point that the bride only insisted on the design and colour so that she could look good alongside them. They vary in age and experience between 21 and 35, and between a very naive committed Christian and a woman of, shall we say, very wide experience. There is also a lesbian and the rebellious younger sister of the bride. These different characters are allowed to develop, leading to entertaining discussion and much humour. It feels like delicious eavesdropping. They gossip about the bride, the groom, men (including a couple of rakes known to them), the dangers of sex and relationships, and what they do and dont want. When a man eventually appears, it is something of a catalyst.These are thoroughly modern southern women, open in their discussion of their private lives and with a very contemporary honesty. I hope I havent made it seem too dry or stereotypical because it is neither of these things. It deals with how modern western women navigate their lives and it does so with a great deal of humour there are some great comic lines and with compassionate insight.If you still have a 10pm free this Fringe, I would heartily recommend this show.
