By Peter Maddern
From the opening reworking of the Lord’s Prayer around the attractions of gin to the final piano sing-along , Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood tackle their subject matter with surprising clarity given its many presences with them on stage.
Taking us back to the earliest discoveries of the delightful fruits of the juniper and its companions – products containing quinine – the story of gin it seems is much more than a bottle on a shelf capable of dispensing the occasional afternoon lift. Using a wide variety of material, from the very old to contemporary classics and even a little hip-hop, the physically fulsome Marsden and Wood revel in the possibilities.
There is some amusing audience participation, the aforementioned sing-along and a restrained use of foul language that together by the conclusion had most of the audience on its feet – and that before announcing the free gin top up available at the bar after!
Mother’s Ruin is a terrific pre-dinner indulgence with plenty to recall as the night develops later.
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