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Unless I'm greatly mistaken, and I could very well be, Big Telly Company's Fish is a sustained, 90-minutes send-up. Its four characters are described as a groom, best man, bride and barman, and the action begins with a wedding, partly on film. The best man makes a very funny speech, and we're off.

To where? Mostly to a kind of old-time variety show in which stage magic, in the shape of some familiar illusions, is the main ingredient. The quartet goes in and out of various boxes, changing clothes, disappearing and contorting itself in the process. It has all been seen before, many times, but they go through their tricks with such naive enthusiasm that they get the laughs anyway.

They do other things, such as an execrable ballet piece and a kind of slapstick as from the silent film era. The pace, keeping up with the music, is manic, and the fun continuous. Donal Beecher, Paul McEneaney, Mary McNally and Barrington Powell are the players, directed by Zoe Seaton. I thought they were hilarious.

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