Thanks to a guest spot on BBC's Radio "Curiosity Killed The Cabaret" at this year's Edinburgh festival we have been drawn into the quirky musical world of " Frisky & Mannish".
Keen to see them in their entirety we headed to Level 3 at St David's Hall to see the uncut musical duo re-visiting their previous successful shows, " School of Pop" and " College Years". A variety of humorous songs took us through " Questions", references to bad grammar ( hang your head in shame Alicia Keys) amd unexpected couplings, most noticeably between Lily Allen & Noel Coward. This led to Mannish delivering " Sun Is In The Sky" in the beautifully clipped style of the 1930's wit. In return Frisky stunningly sung " I went to a marvellous party" to the tune of " The Fear".
The danger of touring Edinburgh shows is the desire to extend the show beyond it's natural hour life. Tonight proved you could have too much of a good thing as there really are only so many ways of poking fun at current current singers & I found the " Florence and the Machine" sections too long and forced.
However, my favourite moment occurred in the second half when they re-worked the "Dexy's Midnight Runners" classic " Come On Eileen" as a song from " Bloodbrothers". Clever and very, very funny which sums up the whole evening. Despite my misgivings about length they are worth a visit if you like music and comedy.
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