Edinburgh Review 4 – The News Revue
Posted: August 23, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: comedy, Edinburgh, festival, fringe, newsrevue, satire Leave a comment »We picked this on the basis of the excellent poster, which styled Brown, Clegg, Cameron and Obama as the A Team. I didn’t pay attention to the “Revue” bit so was expecting topical satire in the style of Have I got News for You. But it did exactly what it said on the tin and was a full revue – an all-singing, all-dancing case of four performed songs and sketches about the coalition and the BP oil disaster. So a couple of months old but you can’t really expect them to come up with a whole new set of songs and choreography every week I guess. The performances were all very polished, with the performers even handling a puppet version of Nick Clegg.
