YouTube sensations Foil, Arms and Hog are three young Irish guys with an anarchic view of life, and a fast paced sketch show that gets the audience involved from the start by singing the intro music (best not to turn up late, or you might be more involved than you'd expected....). It's in the nature of this kind of performance for there to be highs and lows, but F, A and H have created a consistently funny package. There's no theme (although look out for the odd call back), but each scene is set swiftly and clearly so there's no doubting the scenarios being played out.
Songs for the elderly, confused Michael Jackson fans, a dig at the BBC attitude towards regional accents, and are robot actors the future of cinema? If the airline baggage handler routine was a touch predictable it was more than compensated for by my personal favourite where a motivational speaker tries to deliver a talk to the inmates of a maximum security prison, and finds out how differently his words can be interpreted. And there's a cracking finale with an inter-species version of a well known children's game.
Very, very funny and one of those shows where you can feel the buzz from the audience as they leave. Highly recommended.
Foil, Arms and Hog : Oink is at Underbelly George Square at 20.45 until 28 August.
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