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Convention Centre - Sat Jul 11
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have been performing together for 30 years, and their current tour, they insist, is going to be their last (Saunders is going to rest on her comedy laurels, while French plans to go to Cornwall and die). Whether or not their retirement sticks, tonight’s show is something of a victory lap for the delightfully foul-mouthed pair, who run through a variety of classic routines. Over the course of two hours, they will appear as gun-toting Florida retirees, latchkey boarding school girls, and the ladies of Mamma Mia, complete with a terrifying, life-sized Joanna Lumley puppet (I don’t even want to tell you how French makes it talk). The pair shoot for some easy targets with their satire – Catherine Zeta Jones, Madonna, Joan and Jackie Collins – but when the jokes hit, they’re laugh-out loud funny. The second half of the show opens with a recreation of the original Absolutely Fabulous sketch, which draws the biggest laughs of the night; Saunders, shrill and shrieky in ‘vintage McQueen, sweetie’ reminds everyone of why this show was such a big hit in the first place. So, until the next time they retire, it’s goodbye to French and Saunders; tonight’s show, broad, funny, bizarre and just a bit sentimental, is a fitting send-off.
ALASDAIR DUNCAN
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