Another full house at the Wardrobe sees Exeter based, Substance and Shadow Theatre, bring a follow up to their previous punk era offering, ‘Duplicity’. On this outing they turn their gaze on the 80’s skinheads. The premise of the show (no writer is credited so presumably devised) is the unremarkable one that you can’t judge a book by its cover. The ‘books’ in this case are a group of Devon based skinheads . . . Judged on previous form there is more to come from this production . . .

I am constantly (pleasantly) reminded of theatre’s ability to connect with audiences on the flimsiest of pretexts and by the same token, the willingness of audiences to be entertained on the slenderest of devices . . . Using no more than a collection of simple conceits of the sort that occupy the labours of actors at drama school and the kind of silliness that infests umpteen fringe shows the length and breadth of the land the troupe have whisked up a concoction that flirts with incomprehension at every turn