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Balloons

Balloons opened on Wednesday at the Community Theatre in Lamlash High School. It's a ferociously hard-hitting satire, sending up all the official gobbledy-gook that bureaucrats can devise.

By Alison Prince
Thursday, 13 November 2008

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Balloons opened on Wednesday at the Community Theatre in Lamlash High School. It's a ferociously hard-hitting satire, sending up all the official gobbledy-gook that bureaucrats can devise, and taking a wicked look at the 'spin' that has taken the credibility out of politics. Here we see the members of OFPIS, the Office of Privatised Island Services, at their most absurd, and their opposing team, a zany troupe who want to float balloon houses.

The tunes in the show send you out humming them and will live long in the mind, specially the catchy 'Ordinary Guys' and the haunting melody of 'Find Me.' There are a lot of laughs, a fair bit of love and a very big send-up. The show runs until this Saturday. Full report next week.

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