A Porthole Into the Minds of the Vanquished

A Porthole into the Minds of the Vanquished explodes like a singing and dancing firework from the opening to the closing scene. A small stage is home to two anarchic Aussies. Dressed in short-legged dungarees and army boots with gelled-up Eraserhead-style hair, they race through a medley of character-based sketches aided by a range of unlikely musical instruments – including the "percussive qualities" of the water inside the performers' eyeballs.

The script runs between the surreal and the satirical, and the on-stage rapport between the two actors has the audience chuckling throughout. Ideal for those with short attention spans, the pair flick between Brasseye-esque news, to in-your-face commercial breaks and impossible quiz shows – with hilarious song and dance routines never far away.

There are moments which make you cringe as well as laugh, but overall it's a head-spinning show that seems to scratch beneath the surface of everyday reality. It is probably not one for kids, nor those offended by the cannibalism of reality TV stars, but by the final number, the audience is with them at every move and the show closes to hoots of approval and applause.