Max And Ivan: The Reunion

Comedy duo Max and Ivan play about six people each in this one-hour show, creating instantly memorable characters through fine acting and clever, fast-paced dialogue. The simple setup of a school reunion is a comedic goldmine, with the good, the bad and the forgettable graduates dealing with their pasts in vastly different ways. Rookie rappers The Alchemists performed their fantastic/terrible ‘Doesn’t Make Gold’ song for example, and a teacher was hilariously seduced by an old flame using sensual geographical facts and declaring “don’t cut me off like an oxbow lake!”. Deliriously funny, frenetic, and somehow moving too.

Studio Theatre, Brighton Dome, 5 October 2013

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