Review: Hi-de-Homo! C (venue 34)
Star rating: * * *
As always, they’re welcomed with open arms from an appreciative crowd. The acting quality may be patchy, the staging a little chaotic, and the script lacks the killer lines of last year’s Little Shop of Homos, but Hi-de-Homo! is nevertheless an hour of pure joy.
This year, when they say “camp”, they mean it. Inspired by the 1980s TV sit-com of a similar name, the show is set at Butland’s holiday camp, just outside Paisley. Each member of the ensemble has a role to play, with the words “Camp Hairdresser”, “Camp Beauty Therapist” and “Camp Masseuse” emblazoned across their backs.
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Hide AdIn homage to Su Pollard, there’s even a “Camp Cleaner”, who longs to be a Pink Coat. With songs from Fame, Frank Sinatra and The Smiths, there’s plenty of variety here. And when they sing en masse, you know that, joking apart, this is a choir that works hard for its harmonies.
Until 18 August. Today 7:35pm.