{"id":3535,"date":"2021-11-02T14:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/02\/brian-roger-a-highly-offensive-play-review-podcast-duos-ott-exploits\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:50:17","slug":"brian-roger-a-highly-offensive-play-review-podcast-duos-ott-exploits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/02\/brian-roger-a-highly-offensive-play-review-podcast-duos-ott-exploits\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian & Roger: A Highly Offensive Play review \u2013 podcast duo\u2019s OTT exploits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Menier Chocolate Factory, London
<\/strong>The misadventures of a hapless hero led astray by his false friend are funny but don\u2019t quite fill three dimensions<\/p>\n

There was a setback last month for this play inspired by a hit podcast when co-writer and performer Harry Peacock dropped out for health reasons. So how does the show fare now it\u2019s on its feet? It certainly sends laughter rolling through the aisles, as two middle-aged divorcees \u2013 one nice, one nasty \u2013 embroil themselves in ever more baroque misadventures. But over two hours, the stage play does strain against the podcast conceit, which is that Brian and Roger communicate only via answerphone messages. One craves character development, which never really comes.<\/p>\n

The plot is circular too, in that it recounts a succession of scrapes into which Roger\u2019s good nature allows Brian to entangle him. It begins small-scale, as the pair arrange to watch their Avatar DVD in Brian\u2019s student digs, then proceeds to outdo itself ever more garishly. Eager-to-please Roger, pining for his family and stony broke, is coerced to take part in a seance in West Ruislip, an Albanian gambling ring in a Wiltshire abattoir, and finally a donkey trek across China disguised as a UN diplomat. All end violently badly for our hapless hero, while false friend Brian makes himself scarce.<\/p>\n

Brian & Roger: A Highly Offensive Play is at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London<\/a>, until 18 December.<\/p>\n

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\nMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonThe misadventures of a hapless hero led astray by his false friend are funny but don\u2019t quite fill three dimensions
\nThere was a setback last month for this play inspired by a hit podcast when co-writer and performer Harry Peacock dropped out for health reasons. So how does the show fare now it\u2019s on its feet? It certainly sends laughter rolling through the aisles, as two middle-aged divorcees \u2013 one nice, one nasty \u2013 embroil themselves in ever more baroque misadventures. But over two hours, the stage play does strain against the podcast conceit, which is that Brian and Roger communicate only via answerphone messages. One craves character development, which never really comes.
\nThe plot is circular too, in that it recounts a succession of scrapes into which Roger\u2019s good nature allows Brian to entangle him. It begins small-scale, as the pair arrange to watch their Avatar DVD in Brian\u2019s student digs, then proceeds to outdo itself ever more garishly. Eager-to-please Roger, pining for his family and stony broke, is coerced to take part in a seance in West Ruislip, an Albanian gambling ring in a Wiltshire abattoir, and finally a donkey trek across China disguised as a UN diplomat. All end violently badly for our hapless hero, while false friend Brian makes himself scarce.
\nBrian & Roger: A Highly Offensive Play is at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London, until 18 December. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonThe misadventures of a hapless hero led astray by his false friend are funny but don\u2019t quite fill three dimensions There was a setback last month for this play inspired by a hit podcast when co-writer and performer Harry Peacock dropped out for health reasons. So how does the show fare now …<\/p>\n

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