By Peter Maddern
For his latest work, but on his first visit to Edinburgh, James McLean takes us back to that bane most of us faced – the job interview for the job we’d rather not to have.
In this, Peter Hart confronts Viktor Popov, ‘a legitimate businessman’ for a position in his new restaurant and night club. His good manners win him the job and an adventure that a less polite man might have escaped; the feckless Richard, the punchy patron and the proprietor’s daughter and secret.
Having seen Mclean’s work over a number of years in Adelaide, this is his most accomplished show to date. His characterisations are sharp, the wit prominent, and his singing of reconfigured nightclub staples a treat. The slow build up develops into a frightening farce but the polite boy holds his nerve and his life to tell the tale.
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