Oh my goodness! Lock up the kiddies! Don’t let them anywhere near Freddy Funky Fingers and his Fluffless Followers, a pseudo-Hi-5 gang not politically correct or smart enough to be The Wiggles.  The potty mouthed threesome is popular as fairy bread with the under fives, even allowing for their token ‘retard’ (who actually isn’t), and has been offered a role in All Saints which she’s bustin’ to take.  The third member, Psychedelic Pete, is high as a kite most of the time and gives ‘checking his lines offstage’ a whole new meaning.

The group’s fragile stability is threatened further by the introduction of a sweet ingénue from the ABC who has ideals about ‘learning being fun’. The venal stage manager plays one off against the other and threatens they’ll all be replaced by his new group, The Ethnic Polka Dots.
The action is fast and furious, the dancing frenetic, the energy levels rarely below high powered and the swearing prolific.  The show abounds in single entendres; the showstopper, The Big Black Cock and the Littlest Chick, just about says it all.

It’s a high-‘speed’ production, (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) and the denouement comes showered in white powder live in front of the kiddies.  It’s not a show overburdened with subtlety but it’s done with verve and enthusiasm. My laughing gear didn’t get out of second much, however the crowd around me gave it what could be called a ‘wildly enthusiastic reception’.  It was only second night – they may have been all friends and family.

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