Well I’m still recovering from that one. A quite amateur, slapstick, slightly disturbing performance which left much to be desired. The show was apparently about two women trying to inspire more people to get into the kitchen and find their inner ‘”domestic goddesses”. However I was not inspired. What I saw were two women, talking in unrecognisable accents, attempting to cook a Victoria Sponge. Of course they were making mistakes along the way and I did have a little giggle along with the rest of the audience at some moments, but I spent most of the time looking over my shoulder to make sure I wasn’t the only one who felt uncomfortable.
The most confusing factor was that none of the show really fitted together. The “friends” (I assume) went from almost kissing to using the sponge batter as a voodoo doll for each other. The staging was slightly awkward with a huge table creating quite an obstacle so that the performers had to shuffle around it – not without some knocks and bumps into the walls.
Overall, I’m still scratching my head after this one, wondering if I missed some wonderful metaphor for what the show was trying to say. But although the occasional laughs were small, at least we got a free cake!
