Betty's on stage and pleasing her audience. Siobhan's voice is in her earpiece, guiding her through the audience members this very controlling assistant's done the research on. In the first ten minutes we're treated to the tricks of the trade, the con behind the sincerity. But Betty's not letting Siobhan run her life, she's still the boss, and thinks of retirement. She's made her money, she's had enough now.
But Siobhan has arranged for one final, desperate punter to see Betty after the show, looking for comfort and reassurance after the death of his young son, and she reluctantly agrees. However Mark turns out to be more than Betty had been led to expect, and she finds herself being challenged to defend her profession. Who comes out on top?
Very funny, very Scottish, this is glorious entertainment. There may not be a lot of depth to the script, but it does test out the assumption that these fortune teller acts are nothing more than harmless fun. It certainly manages to introduce a few twists in a flying fifty minutes, and there's a surprise question mark residing in the ending.
Good performances from all three actors, with Neshla Caplan the standout as the wheedling, bullying, pushy Siobhan. An interesting set too. Voices maintains the high standards we've come to expect from the PPP series.
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