The Sunday Defensive: Further Complications

If you intend to see The Sunday Defensive you’d better be quick about it – because judging by the amount of Red Leicester consumed over the course of each show, Jacob Edwards isn’t going to be with us for long. This would be a great shame, since he and comedy partner Phil Gilbert are very funny indeed, and not just for their extraordinary cheese-eating abilities. 

It’s particularly apt that their sketch show is based upon the idea of friendship, because the two share an effortless rapport. Neither their disapproving fathers nor their misguided notion of starting a wedding list at Cash 4 Gold can disrupt their plans for entering a civil partnership as a sneaky tax dodge. And their girlfriends? “They can be bridesmaids! Girls love that stuff.”

Perhaps their brand of humour is an acquired taste, but the small audience in what Edwards describes as “a shipping crate at the back end of a wet car-park” laugh throughout the entire performance. The most surreal moments provoke the greatest reactions, including an uncanny impression of Forrest Gump having swallowed a set of hair straighteners, and the portrayal of Kevin, a bilingual raccoon with a serious Pop-Tart habit.  

The pair may not address the most pressing issues of modern life, but if you’re wondering what happened to the kid who was always lumped with the percussion in music classes, or if you’ve ever considered alternative means of cooking fishfingers, this show will provide the answers.