Every year I make one mistake in booking over 100 tickets for the Edinburgh festival and in 2012 I booked two tickets to see The Scottish Falsetto Sock theatre forgetting I was now double-booked. Today,however, on a sticky, hot Cardiff Saturday I was happy to embrace the air conditioning of Chapter Arts Centre and finally catch up with the Sox.
The premise is simple,the show is two high pitched talking socks from a country whose capital is Edinburgh. Who knew?
July is a month where most performers hone their material in readiness for the Edinburgh festival in August. Some acts need it more than others and tonight's show fell into that category. This year's show is Sox In Space although a lot of time is spent exploring other genres, horror in particular. When we did head towards the astral plain the references were fairly generic.
But, what ultimatlely does an audience want? An hour of average comedy or a couple of moments of sheer brilliance. There is a lot ( perhaps too much) music but their parodies of David Bowie's "Starman" and Michael Jackson's " Earth Song" ( apparently his biggest hit, which I thought was Billie Jean) caused hysteria with DARKCHAT David and Anne. ( The latter hasn't stopped singing the former's song about a group of birds ever since).
The first 2013 DARKCHAT after the show caused a heated debate. One member called it " dull and boring" whilst two revelled in the 2 highspots. There is obviously plenty of work to be done but if they can tighten some of the more self-indulgent moments this can be another triumph for The Scottish Falsetto Sock Company.
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