My Accom­plice tackles the spy film in their latest pro­duc­tion which is part of the Com­edy Fest­iv­al. We fol­low globe­trot­ting Agent Spy­man Fin­ger (Alex Greig) around the globe in his efforts to bring the bad guy to justice. He is accom­pan­ied by vari­ous (in)appropriately named team mem­bers (played by Han­nah Banks and Paul Wag­gott). The main inspir­a­tion for the show is the quint­es­sen­tial spy movie fran­chise James Bond (listen out for the film titles) and there are traces of Bourne and Mis­sion Impossible as well. All the rel­ev­ant mark­ers of a spy film are there along­side My Accom­plice quirks – act­ors play mul­tiple char­ac­ters, there are top­ic­al ref­er­ences, and Wag­got plays a crowd.

It’s an action packed hour full of puns and some­times ter­rible one liners (one in par­tic­u­lar cred­ited to Uth­er Dean, writer). Events some­times get con­fus­ing as the act­ors are doub­ling but take note – everything is import­ant. Spe­cial men­tion to Richard Dey, fight arranger. Greig and Wag­gott get the most action time and throw them­selves around the stage with aban­don. Banks seems to have a lot of fun throw­ing them around the stage when it’s her turn in charge.

Sim­ul­tan­eously a lov­ing homage to the spy film genre and the most low-tech cine­mat­ic exper­i­ence I have had at the theatre. Mar­velous.