‘What the Carry On films should have been...A winner’
The Scotsman
 
‘Theatrical glee...the audience can’t help having as much fun as the cast’
The Independent – Pick of the Fringe

‘Spot-on spoof from these fringe favorites’
The List

‘Fantastically funny’
Three Weeks

'Sharply written...superbly performed...tremendously funny'
The Stage

Parodying children's television is well-trodden territory but this
production wins by virtue of the sheer skill with which it tackles the
subject.

The scenario is this - the Jingleberries are a disgraced eighties musical
group who decide to make an untimely comeback. Since their glorious
children's BBC days, life has been hard for the intrepid threesome. Frank
(Anthony Macari) has been reduced to playing the big bass drum in a holiday
camp while Jerry and the libidinous Penny (Mark Katz and Kate Van Dike),
have tied the knot and also had career meltdowns.

Their superbly performed songs are rich in innuendo and the banter between
the three of them is sharply written. Furthermore, much comedy is made out
of the rivalry between Jerry and Frank and their mutual lust for Penny.

Other highlights included the story of the tragic demise of the fourth
Jingleberry, the insulting behaviour of a grammar obsessed puppet and their
cruel song about bullying.

Throughout the show, the pace is fast and the performances are strong. And
the eurovision finale is tremendously funny, leaving the three of them
panting like dogs and stripped down to their underwear.

The Stage

'Talented comedy collective'
The Sunday Times

‘On our alternative Perrier shortlist’
The Guardian

‘brilliantly written and exquisitely performed’
Chortle

The Treason Show is in grave danger of giving revue a good name.

This word has come to be synonymous all that's poor in self-aggrandising
undergraduate toss, but this supremely talented Brighton-based team turn
such expectations on their head.

For this is a most impressive parade of topical songs and sketches,
brilliantly written and exquisitely performed.

Time and time again, these short and pointed routines sail beautifully
towards their target, then sink it with a well-aimed punchline.

Nothing's milked for more than it's worth, the intelligent and knowingly
satirical point is made with a perfect joke and the show cracks on, keeping
a lively pace that makes it seem much quicker than its 90 minutes.

They've even got the songs right, a notoriously tricky thing to do, with
genuine gags sparkling in almost every line. And they're damn catchy, too.

If, like me, you'd lost confidence in the old-fashioned topical sketch show,
then see this and have your faith restored.

Chortle

Alternative Perrier Shortlist

The Perrier race is the most open in years, among the hot tips are some of Edinburgh's least radical acts. A list that rewarded innovation or, better still, indifference to mainstream success, would read as follows: Noble and Silver, Bob Doolally, Daniel Kitson, Earl Stevens, The Treason Show.

In a year marked by the increase in sketch shows, The Treason Show was the best. It assaults its audience with blistering perspectives and is stuffed with urgent incisive gags. Cast - Kate Van Dike, Carol Kentish, Mark Katz and Mark Brailsford.

The Guardian