Congratulations to former Workshop Theatre students the Dog-Collective Collective who picked up a host of fabulous reviews over the weekend- including this five star rave from whatsonstage.com
The Dog-Eared Collective: You’re Better Than This
Venue: Underbelly, Cowgate
Where: Edinburgh
Date Reviewed: 11 August 2011
WOS Rating: FIVE STARS
It’s easy to become weary of sketch shows at the fringe but on a wet Edinburgh afternoon, The Dog Eared Collective will show you how it’s done. Veterans of the fringe, the collective are now on their fifth show and with a number of five star reviews and celebrity endorsements (including David Hyde Pearce) it’s a wonder they haven’t hit big yet. It’s only a matter of time.
Constantly creative, this show is technically highly proficient, weaving madcap characters with hysterical props, excellent soundtrack and audience interaction. One favourite has to be a pitch black St Johns Ambulance sketch involving a resuscitation doll hostage scenario and the live recreation of a 13-year-old’s street dance movie – in 3D!
Made up of one guy and three girls, they work as a tight unit embracing the audience as a fifth member of this quirky and dysfunctional family. Hilariously dark in a totally original way and haemorrhage-inducingly funny I can’t recommend this group highly enough. If you like sketch comedy or even if you don’t – you can’t get better than this!
– Alex Oates