Pajama Men: Improv Show
Pajama Men (Mark Chavez and Shenoah Allen) have rightly proved one of the most popular and acclaimed Edinburgh comedy double acts of recent years.
It’s familiar improv fare, and though they occasionally strike surrealist gold (the unexpected appearance of a dinosaur head being one such example last night), there’s little to suggest that ditching the scripts was a wise move. The show feels like a glimpse of their devising process, which is thrilling in a sense but frustrating in another; I wanted to see the finished product.
It’s also slightly jarring that they used ten minutes of the hour-long performance to showcase another act that they’re producing at the Fringe (a range of guests are promised over the course of the run).
I still rank Pajama Men among the most talented physical comedians anywhere. I just wish they’d stop imitating the improv games of a thousand student groups and put the PJs back on.