Siblings: Dreamweavers – Soho Theatre

DREAMWEAVERS review by thespyinthestalls at Soho Theatre

DREAMWEAVERS Soho Theatre ★★★ “a solid sketch show full of silly stuff” Imagine a machine that puts your dreams on display in the middle of Soho for a hundred or so greedy audience members to peruse and cackle at over a pint. Sounds like a nightmare? Well Siblings Comedy are pitching it as a night out at the theatre! A colander adorned with coloured fairy lights sits on a stool in the centre of the stage in front of a rack full of lab coats. We…

Siblings: Dreamweavers – Soho Theatre

Siblings are a sketch and character comedy duo consisting of real-life siblings Maddy and Marina Bye. In their latest show, Dreamweavers, they play scientists who have invented a device that can projects people’s dreams. Using the audience as clinical trial participants, the duo project (i.e. act out, as sketches) a variety of dreams, ranging from the nightmarish to the absurd to the Freudian. This sci-fi B-movie -esque framing device is fun and…