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Leon Conrad Review by Leon Conrad 4 Published: 13 Aug 2009 Show Dates: 31 Dec 1969-31 Dec 1969

From their first entrance, comic duo Patrice Thibaud and Phillipe Leygnac had the audience in hysterics. By they end they got a standing ovation. ‘Thibaud and Leygnac’ doesn’t have the familiar ring of ‘Morecambe and Wise’, ‘Laurel and Hardy’, or ‘Abbott and Costello’ but they have all the class and quality to be counted among the great classic comedy duos. In classic style, Leygnac takes on the persona of a passive, straight-faced sidekick musician – a brilliant pianist in his own right, as a silent partner, he almost steals the show, but provides the perfect foil for the zany, bumbling goings-on of Thibaud to shine through.The ingredients are simple, but this French duo apply the genius of French chefs to the comedy duo recipe and come out with the stage performance equivalent a multi-Michelin star meal. In a series of short sketches, which take on classic film, silent movie, situational comedy, physical comedy, slapstick and farce, the duo keep the audience entertained and teetering between awe and laughter for well over an hour.While technical aspects of the shadow theatre medium they explored in their act were unfocused by comparison to their physical versatility, the show on the whole was a success, and the short sketches, while lacking a continuous narrative, had enough in terms of character interchange and exploration of relationship between the comedians to maintain interest and energy.

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Funny Frenchman? Yeah, right! Funny French mime? Don't make me laugh. Physical comedian Patrice Thibaud will. Until it hurts. An utterly original wordless duet with acrobatic pianist Phillipe Leygnac. Colourful characters and improbable situations explode the boundaries of realism.