A bolshy Scottish schoolboy summed up the show very well immediately after the applause had died down and everyone was still in their seats: ‘I don't get what the bit behind the screen had to do with the story. Some entrepreneurial woman joined a cat burgling society. That's it’. There are moments in this show where the trio can be very amusing, but the concept, as explicitly denoted in the show’s title, wears thin quickly. Breaking into wealthy houses to get a kick out of examining the decor, they are the reverse Neighbourhood Watch as they riffle through drawers for a glimpse of how the other half lives. The actress playing Jenny was successful as a deadpan comedian, but her performance didn’t steal the show.
It all comes down to a funny idea that is poorly executed, with agonisingly long scene changes that the unrelated music couldn't mask. It felt as if they spent an equal amount of time in the dark changing scenes as they did performing, which left us with an intensely repetitive and boring pattern of uncreative direction proving that Foolproof Theatre take spoonfuls of irony with their tea.
