A Stitch in Time is a curious little show, offering a brief history of fashion, told with hyper-kinetic enthusiasm by narrators Kat Chish and Jane Flanagan. Starting at the toga and working up to the present day, there is plenty of material to mine for comic effect.It’s a bedroom address of dress; a sermon in style. But the result is somewhat hit and miss. Hemlines go up and down, and so do the punch lines. There is some comedy gold within the fashion victims; the similarities between Lycra and thalidomide made my evening. But there were some tired gags in there and a Twiggy joke I could swear I’d heard before on Sesame Street.

The women are engaging and vibrant performers, bouncing lines and looks off each other, but are let down at times by their lack of confidence in the material. Chish had a tendency to mumble through punchlines she felt weren’t going to get a laugh, and as a result they didn’t. But overall she was in control of her material and role as mischief-maker to Flanagan’s lecturer. Chish has twice been a semi-finalist in Raw Comedy and it does show. She has self-assurance on stage and appears as a grinning, naughty Puck of fashion. Flanagan has taken the slightly thankless role of straight woman, but spices it up with a highly entertaining assortment of accents. Much like the fashions it makes fun of A Stitch in Time also has its highlights and lowlights. Some dropped lines between the girls were disappointing, but by the end of their previews when the kinks are worked out, this could be a great local act to catch.