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Lucky Dip - One4Review

What happens when two saddo losers, who are desperate to become winners, come head to head? Surely something is gonna have to give! This is the story that is told in this three handed funny play staged as one of their four offerings by StoppedClock Theatre Company. Late night deejay Vince, David Beck, purveyor of all types of media, phone-in with prize shows being to the fore, sets the scene with a phone call form the hapless Doug, played by Neil Frost. The story of this professional competition winner, who is a zero with women and how his life changed the day he met, and competed, against Fran, Catherine Morris, a fellow winning addict with not much else in her life, whilst trying to out last each other by sitting in a bath non-stop. The prize? £10,000, but is there more at stake? The play is well written, tells a nice non-challenging story and the piece is well directed. The empathy one feels for these two is initially grudging, or at least it was on my part, but well before the hour was up I found myself really rooting for them.  Both Frost and Ms Morris brought warmth to their roles and the character development progressed at the right pace, while Beck as DJ Vince, fulfilled his remit admirably. I found this play an excellent way to spend an hour in the early Fringe afternoon and it was the impression I got was that I am not alone in this  feeling judging by audience reaction while leaving. So who wins? Doug or Fran? To find out go check it out for yourself, and then the real winner will be you!! ****

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