2-Hander!
TWO STARS | 'Bait and Switch' might be a better title
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Company:Ribbit Productions, Vancouver
Genre:Play Comedy
Venue:9 Eckhardt-Gramatt Hall, University of Winnipeg
"Bait and Switch" might be a better title for this pointless show hobbled by the injury and replacementof one of its two actors.
A meditationthe programs boastson two handers (plays written for a duo),the show gives lip service to arangeofnotablecomedy teams, but not really.
It's all over the map with silly movie moments, lame impressions and corny jokes.- Lara Rae
It's all over the map with silly movie moments, lame impressions and corny jokes.Since the replacement actor will be working with script in hand, the show's many ostensible moments of spontaneity are deadinthe water.
In theirfirst performance,RyanGladstone (who co-wrotethe show)steppedin for the injuredFrazWeist soIimagine the version I saw will be as good as it gets.Theshowran 15 minutes shy of the one hour posted time,which is a good thing: sometimesthe show doesn't always have to go on.