The barely realised comic play, for ever suspended between the fictional world and the fun its creators have performing it, has a proud lineage in comedy. That’s the territory staked out by two-time Edinburgh comedy award nominees the Delightful Sausage.
Ostensibly, Nowt But Sea tells the tale of Chris Cantrill and Amy Gledhill – thinly disguised as their stage alter egos – summoned to a private island by reclusive celebrity agent Cedric L’Shay. Does mainstream success finally beckon for these two “mucky northern oiks” – or does L’Shay have other plans in store for them? That’s a matter of considerably less importance here than the jokes, the backchat, the smut and the slacker meta-theatrics (“gosh, what a lot of acting!”) that the Delightful Sausage invite us to enjoy along the way.
