A review

...more like a 'synopsis', but still - it's something in the Oregonian.

Review: 'Tandem' offers an amusing look at how men and women communicate (or don't)
By Holly Johnson

Dialogue between men and women, whether in real life or performance, is a circular, unending duet, both discordant and sweet.
In “Tandem,” created by a sketch comedy duo named Jean Louis (comprised of Stacey Hallal and Bob Ladewig), the subject of instant communication between the sexes or the total failure to communicate covers all sorts of ground in a one-hour show at the Curious Comedy Theater in North Portland.
Stereotypes are skewed, relationships are refreshingly unpredictable, and quick glimpses of life, surreally loopy or strikingly familiar, quickly come to life as the two lovingly cultivate that hybrid called the comedy sketch.
The short sketches fill about an hour, and in them often the actors’ characters are indeed in tandem. When a couple first meets in a café and find themselves saying the exact same things to each other in unison, and are unable to stop, as if some kind of metaphysical gear got stuck. “It was pretty funny at first, but now it’s getting a little creepy,” they chorus to one another in desperation.
In another scene, a man and woman on an airplane experience rough turbulence and lunge at each other lustfully for the few moments that it lasts.
Other times, communication is bewildering: When a first-time dad watches his newborn in a maternity ward, he meets a woman who regularly frequents the ward to offer men sex. It takes him a while to register her come-on.

Much of the best comedy is physical, and saturated with rich musical accompaniment. In an office scene (my favorite), a man and woman mime their sexual fantasies about each other to a dreamy score, never seeing each other’s actions, and only connecting on a superficial level when the music suddenly changes to something nerve-jangling.

Hallal and Ladewig come together hilariously as an in-sync couple when they appear to be selecting pets at a dog pound, with unwitting members of the audience serving as the dogs.
Hallal is best-known for her highly successful “The Humperdink Family Reunion,” a one-woman show previously performed in Portland before it toured North America. Ladewig, who looks a bit like David Tennant, the British actor playing the current “Doctor Who,” is a former student of the renown comedy theaters of Chicago, a writer, performer and teacher of improvisational and sketch comedy and an actor in commercials.
The atmosphere at the Curious Comedy Theater is laidback, friendly and casual. It’s usually a packed venue on weekends, but the cheerful folks in charge always seem to miraculously pull out extra chairs for late-comers. It’s a party where you may not know everyone, but where after a show you feel connected.

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