Saturday, August 10, 2013

A little advert...

Son-in-Law 2 is an actor with a group called The Showstoppers who do improvised humorous musicals. They're amazingly good - the audience suggests a title, a setting, a style of musical etc and they do genuinely improvise - singing, harmonising, rhyming and all.

They video all their shows - on one camera from the back of the theatre - but they've reworked a song from one show in a more finished state. (The rhymes in this are more varied than they would be in the improvised version but the general effect is much the same as it was originally.) It's about a lovelorn dentist. They asked various dentists in London whether they would lend their surgeries for the filming and one agreed.

http://youtu.be/FtHtB6m1CEo

Have a look: it only takes three minutes.

Son-in-Law 2 is the next patient. (These are not his real teeth.) The genuine dentist has a cameo role at the end, behind a magazine.

Should you by any chance be in Edinburgh just now, you could see them - they're appearing at the Fringe every night and also have children's matinees. And once they're back in London they do shows there and thereabout, as well as corporate events, weddings... .


12 comments:

  1. Fab! Did I also spy Daughter in the waiting room?

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  2. Brilliant. Lovely voice - I also recognised the female patient in the wating room!

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  3. What fun! And a lovely voice. So glad those are not your sil's own teeth!

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  4. Wonderfully talented group! I would love to attend a show. So glad you shared the link.

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  5. Not my favourite subject at all...but very clever. I see lots of your family there waiting.

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  6. No no, only D2 and SIL. The genuine dentist is no connection.

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  7. Oh fantastic- they're close to home! What a bonus for summer's end x

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  8. Very funny! Thanks for sharing the link. I hope they do brilliantly at Edinburgh and get good reviews.

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  9. You have a very diverse and talented family! The clip was terrific!

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  10. Great stuff! Thanks for sharing! 8-)

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  11. Boy, they're good, aren't they? I hope DD2 is home during the fringe too. It was fun to see her put in an appearance!

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  12. That was wonderful. I hope they were the smash hit of the festival.

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