Wendy Hoose @ Tron Glasgow

Written by Johnny McKnight of Random Accomplice and directed by Robert Softley Gale from Birds of Paradise, Wendy Hoose tackles the difficulties of 'getting your leg over' in quite an original, yet reasonably credible way.

Laura (Amy Conachan) is a woman with disabilities who just wants sex, nothing more. It's a break from her daily life as a mother and full-time tax inspector. Jake (James Young) is a young police officer from Paisley who claims he is looking for a quick shag. While reality would keep them apart, their virtual identity online and on a phone app (think of things like Grindr) leads Jake to Laura, one Satuday night. Hilarity ensues. The entire show lasts only an hour and all the action is unravelled in the box that is Laura's bedroom. 

The play is full to the brim with Scottish slang, since, according to Jake, this is what people from Paisley sound like. It can be hard to discern for non-locals at times, but the lack of shame and political correctness from him makes for a hilarious contrast to grammar-Nazi Laura. Occasionally, the territory Wendy Hoose strays into verges on rude or offensive. It has quite a rom-com feel to it, although it doesn't create the cliche of a hate-love relationship between two complete strangers.

Open-ended,quite raunchy, and ridiculously funny, Wendy Hoose reflects the intelligent minds behind it, especially in terms of the integration of the audio description, British Sign Language interpretation and animated surtitles. These are all worked in to the fabric of the show, and add to it. For example, the audio describer not only describes everything, but also maintains a running commentary, while the animated surtitles feature emoticons and a threatening shark.