Fran Moulds: Significant Human Error
Underbelly, Bristo Square
Until August 26
★★★
FRAN MOULDS is a character comedian, actor and storyteller by profession. This, her debut comedy show, certainly gives full vent to her versatile talents.
In six comic monologues, she takes us from a politically embittered guide in a South Wales "mine experience" heritage attraction, to a self-loathing pop culture columnist on a newspaper.
As a first attempt, Moulds's piece is extremely promising. Some of her characterisations have a disquietingly hilarious ring of truth about them – not least her postmodern academic, who offers a trendy "new" twist on Christian theology, which is no more than a justification for his own wildly inappropriate sexual behaviour.
However, for every moment of good writing, there is at least another of weaker, more obvious material. A hapless Australian extreme sports athlete who, predictably, messes up his attempt to get sponsorship for his base-jumping DVD is a case in point.
Variety is certainly the spice of Moulds's show but, for now, the quality of her material is a little too variable.
Mark Brown
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