Is it art? Is it comedy? No one ever knows with Noble and Silver. Their new show tilts your mind off its axis, as it dramatises the breakdown of Noble and Silver's relationship.
Stage right, Kim Noble runs on a treadmill throughout the show, speaking to us of disillusion via a video projected onto his chest. Stage left, Stuart Silver performs another show entirely. He's playing chess against a man in the audience, and propositioning the women. He phones Jeremy Hardy, touting for a new sidekick. Presently, his show ends, with a high-kicking dance routine, and he makes his exit. Noble is left alone and angry, and we don't know if this is the end of today's performance or the end of their relationship for good.
On their last Fringe appearance, in 2001, Noble and Silver had provocative things to say about communication and misinformation. This year, it's often Dadaism for the sake of it. At its best, though, the video material (with which Noble and Silver engage in intricate interactions) challenges us with its intimacy or plain offensiveness. Has Noble really recorded his own emotional collapse? Is that really his ex-girlfriend he's terrorising? While a bewildered audience looks on, Noble and Silver push double-act dynamics and confessional comedy to breaking point.
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