Sent

Shauna Brady, Áine Collier, Caroline McAuley, Anna McLoughlin in Sent. Image uncredited.

Mean Girls meets meaner girls in Scarlet 4 Yer Ma’s rollicking Sent. A comedic car crash involving four girls, an anonymous social media account, and a queen bitch named Nikita who’s about to get her comeuppence. But Karma can be a bigger bitch with a few stings in her tail. Like TKB’s excellent Well That’s What I Heard, the murky morals of social media are explored in this dark, twisted comedy. Best when it leans into being dark and twisted, when it lets its laughs breathe, and when it marries timing with pace and stops rushing. Short, sweet, with a brilliant tribute to Britney Spears,  Sent presents a young company starting out in their raw, unvarnished state. Caroline McAuley, Áine Collier, Anna McLoughlin and Shauna Brady off to Edinburgh to hone their craft, test their mettle, see what works and what can be improved. Building on serious talent, a girl power camaraderie, some deft jokes and an abundance of that star power, je ne sai quai quality which sizzles and can’t be faked.

Seen in preview, Sent needs work in places, even as Scarlet 4 Yer Ma embrace the playful irreverence of Smack The Pony. Suggesting they might well become comedy’s Spice Girls, only funnier and better singers. Catch them now, so you can say you saw them when.

Sent by Scarlet 4 Yer Ma previewed at Bewley’s Café Theatre, July 27. It runs as part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024 at Paradise in The Vault from August 12 to 17.

For more information visit Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024