The Pajama Men are Fringe legends, always well loved and there's also an exciting anticipation of what madness they'll bring to the festival. They do not disappoint this year with an inventive interpretation of the story of Dumas' The Three Musketeers.
As ever there are absurd characters, with Cardinal Richelieu and Milady being particularly memorable, and excellent physical comedy. The show starts strongly with the duo lightly bickering over how the show starts and there's more meta-comedy when they portray ditzy American audience members who are baffled by the plot.
One wonders though if they had bitten off slightly more than they could chew as the show lulls somewhat toward the end as the plot become ever more twisted and convoluted, and it doesn't have quite the same emotional gut wrench as their 2009 show Last Stand To Reason had. Unfortunately there are no technical difficulties this year - they sublimely ad-libbed and improvised in their 2013 show Just The Two Of Each Of Us when their microphones stopped working (one of the most memorable and hilarious 5 minutes I've ever experienced).
Nevertheless this is a delightful hour and a thoroughly enjoyable show from these two masters of physical comedy.
Score: 8/10
Venue: Assembly Roxy
Dates: 8th-30th August (not 17th and 24th)
Times: 20:20
Price: £15 (£14) weekends, £14 (£13) weekdays
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