PRAISE FOR THE PAJAMA MEN
Edinburgh Festival-goers get used to coming across a lot of shows that are good, and very few that are top-class. This year, one show was streets ahead of the rest: “The Last Stand to Reason” by the Pajama Men, two men from Albuquerque who always perform in their pyjamas, possibly because they could make you laugh in their sleep.
They received almost off-puttingly good reviews–five stars apiece from the Times, the Guardian and the Telegraph. I bought eight tickets for a group ranging from an impatient nine-year-old to some jaded forty-somethings, and then sat there wondering if the experience could possibly live up to all the praise. It did. The show was funnier than the funniest comedian, even though it slowly revealed itself as theatre rather than comedy–the breakneck sketches are all connected, forming a great tapestry of observational wit.
Shenoah Allen is the one on the left with the rubber face; Mark Chavez is the one with the ruffle-worthy hair. Together they are electrifying. “We know each other so well,” one of them says, “we sometimes finish one another’s...” – "...Sandwiches,” says the other.
"The Last Stand to Reason", Soho Theatre, London, December 7th to January 9th
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The pajama men
December 14, 2009 - 09:12 — Michael Pulsford (not verified)I saw them in Melbourne, Australia and it completely blew my mind. They're scarily clever! I'd love to see them perform again, and I'd drag all my friends along too.
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