Two In The Bush: Double the delight

These sisters in song have both established highly successful careers, but now they have combined their talent to blow everybody away with an invigorating slice of musical sketch comedy.

Cleverly devised and brilliantly executed, Two In The Bush puts a beguiling twist on some well-known songs and transforms them into some of the funniest sketches I’ve seen on stage. Nothing is sacred and the duo punch out acerbic wit and creative storytelling with a style and passion that leaves you breathless.

The narrative follows the high and lows of two actresses, sitting in their dressing room and recounting the politics of performing, missing out on work to a rival, and trying to make ends meet by attending an endless succession of auditions. Those in the acting profession will empathise with their trials and tribulations.

What is so inventive about Two In The Bush is the manner in which Normington and Klink, with Rowan Bakker on piano, have re-arranged and re-written popular melodies for the show. Who would have thought that Queen’s Flash Gordon would end up as an advert for a cleaning solution or that My Fair Lady showstopper The Rain In Spain could be given a Sandton kugel slant with a Mitchell’s Plain resonance.

The rapport between the two performers is sharp, the timing often spot-on and the unbounded joy of working together just bubbles from them and engulfs the audience.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had so much fun in the theatre.