2015CUTTHEM_5WThis is Jack and Georgia’s big break. They’re about to transmit live from right here at the Edinburgh Fringe, to what might be the third most watched show in north east Reykjavik. Except unfortunately, there’s been a bit of a delay and they’ve got half an hour to kill, but hey – what a good opportunity get the audience warmed up the audience with a few sketches and songs.

If you like The Flight of the Conchords, Tim Minchin or Mitch Benn, you’ll like this show, because this pair follow in that vein of satirical musical comedy songs. Their sketches are funny and the narrative of the show frames everything well enough, but the real spark here is a song-writing flare, with numbers ranging from club tunes to an advertisement for British tourism.

This double act, who happen to be the incoming presidents of the Oxford Revue, capture that self-consciously egotistic humour of The Office and so much other British comedy. It’s the kind of show that could so easily be an excruciating cringe for the audience, but they pull it off.

The set up of this show (broadcasting to Reykjavik) may not be the strongest plot line in the world, but I found myself not caring. Georgia Bruce and Jack Chisnal’s performances are incredibly natural and honest. My favourite thing about this duo, however, is that the relationship between them is of the old comedy classic tradition – gentle, innocent and touching. While the jokes are great, this show turns out to be ultimately about friendship. Cut The Mustard feels like the start of something very good indeed, and I think this double act is one to watch.

Cut The Mustard is playing at C nova (Venue 145) from 16-17 and 19-31 August as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For more information see the Edinburgh Fringe website.