Letters to the Editor is an improv show that takes inspiration from the opinion pieces submitted to the Advertiser. Presented by the Changing Jennifers, a comedy group that takes pride in their abilities in long-form improvisation, audiences are invited into a mischievous hour of complete improvised madness. As every show is different, you never know what you might see up on stage at the Bally at Gluttony.

The show on the 15th of March was a chaotic blend of politics, mushrooms, and more than anything, the TRUTH! Taking a prompt from the daily newspaper, the show followed a prompt about how the truth was being falsified by politicians and that they were treating people like mushrooms and abstaining from the truth. As the show slowly took shape, a rather complicated narrative was woven… or knitted… yes… knitted. While a mother knitted an impossibly long yarn creature, her kids were sent to bed at 2 pm in the afternoon because the politicians said the outside was dangerous. Meanwhile, a pair of sentient mushrooms were on the run from their farmer after seeing their fellow garden dweller killed beside them. And no, I have not entirely lost my mind in writing this review.

The cast of the show have really good improv skills, spinning a very interesting story from the prompts given. However, some of the storylines seemed to crash into each other, colliding and unravelling on stage. As there were only four cast members, some performers needed to play multiple roles. This did, unfortunately, mean that there was a time when a single performer would need to play two characters at the same time. Although things can’t always go to plan, some scene breaks and transitions felt sharp, breaking the immersion in the story. I chalk this up to a pretty difficult prompt to go off of. Regardless, the show was really funny and great to watch.

A night of laughs, madness, chaos, and good quality improv, Letters to the Editor is a great show! Hopefully the prompts for their other performances are a tad more forgiving.