Guilt and Shame: Up All Night

Guilt and Shame: Up All Night may actually be an incredibly subtle compliment to festival-goers who have made it to the show's near-midnight opening time while still in possession of their faculties. This is more than can be said for Rob and Gabe (Robert Cawsey and Gabriel Bisset-Smith), who spend much of this energetically sordid comedy in assorted states of intoxication. 

Following their latest night of alcoholic debauchery, a scare at the sexual health clinic convinces consummate lothario Gabe and terrified gay virgin Rob to finally find their ideal partners. Of course, this involves going out on the town once again, and soon the duo are making all the same old mistakes, stumbling from club to pub to drug dealer's party to men's sauna. 

Cawsey and Bisset-Smith struggle to maintain the tricky equillibrium of charming performers playing repellent characters. The old truism that there's nothing fun about being sober and watching people get wasted is proven repeatedly, particularly when the humour so rarely rises above the crude and scatological.

Also, be warned: there is extreme audience interaction, and though you will be kept guessing who is and isn't a genuine punter plucked from the crowd, anyone unwise enough to sit in the front row may find the duo discussing what STDs they are likely infected with.

Cawsey and Bisset-Smith's chief talents lie in doing silly dances, pulling funny faces and a bizarrely fascinating demonstration of 'live' slow motion. Unfortunately, this is not enough to form a worthwhile night of entertainment.