EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: SAD FACES THREW A PARTY, Pleasance Courtyard (Attic), August 12 2013

Have you ever been to a party where there's no drink, no music, the only food stuff Pom Bears and the only guest a pretend 'Sporticus' from TV's 'Lazy Town'?

There;s always a better party, as indicated by the constant interruptions of the Sad Faces' 'boum' by 'the party downstairs.' (They have Dame Shirley Bassey and a bouncy castle.) But is there a better show on at the same time as 'Sad Faces Threw a Party'?

There are moments of hilarity; especially brilliant are the entrances of the arrogant yet fun-organised characters from 'the party downstairs' and a man-eating auntie who reveals a bombshell family secret.

A fifteen-year game of tig and icebreaker rules from 'Jerk' magazine, however, makes us feel like we are in student territory and a confusing anti-drugs/drugs are cool sequence is creeping into Brass Eye parody.

Yet, as the Sad Faces themselves say, they put the fun and the social into 'socially dysfunctional'. There's no need to fear missing out on this show but as you only live once you might as well drop by for a Pom Bear and some laughs.

Runs 14-26 August, 4.30pm.