Two 24-year-old males in a room with a microphone each and women on the brain might sound like a recipe for disaster. But although there is a recipe in this show, The Stevenson Experience is anything but disastrous.
The musical element of Womb Mates is loosely defined and you don’t have to be a musical comedy fan to find identical twins Benjamin and James very entertaining. Unlike some musical acts, this show segues from song to joke without feeling contrived. These boys are seamless – from rapping to joking, from improvising to playing the crowd and then straight into the next song.
The humour is a little juvenile – their jokes about women are as deep as the paddling pool these boys didn’t have as kids. But a show about identical twins is bound to hark back to childhood in some way – and anyhow, there’s nothing wrong with juvenile if it keeps you laughing.
The show’s climax was well-played and unexpected, though there were a few slow moments at the end that could do with an edit to make sure Womb Mates ends on a high note. Otherwise, the brothers are well practised and have some amusing gimmicks to get the crowd involved.
Younger, newer acts often seem to work too hard for the laughs. Not so with Womb Mates: the Stevenson twins might be youngsters but these boys make comedy look easy. This is a good show to catch early in the night – easy-going, plenty of laughs and leaves you hungry for more.
BY SUZANNAH MACBETH
