{"id":3512,"date":"2014-03-21T09:20:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T09:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2014-03-21T09:20:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T09:20:09","slug":"quirky-comedy-and-audience-participation-in-inspector-norse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/21\/quirky-comedy-and-audience-participation-in-inspector-norse\/","title":{"rendered":"Quirky comedy and audience participation in Inspector Norse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Off the back of <em>The Killing<\/em>\u2019s success comes Inspector Norse, a likeable and clever parody of the Scandinavian crime genre.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Inspector-Norse-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3518\" alt=\"Inspector Norse 1\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Inspector-Norse-1-734x1024.jpg\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3518\" alt=\"Inspector Norse 1\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Inspector-Norse-1-734x1024.jpg\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nSandra Larsson, a monosyllabic, jumper-wearing detective travels with her hapless companion to deepest Sweden to investigate a murder of the members of FABBA, a successful 70s pop band (based on \u2013 you\u2019ve guessed it).<br \/>\nWith an excellent pastiche of <em>The Bridge<\/em>\u2019s melancholic intro, Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding\u2019s show is made for Nordic crime fans. But even those with better things to do on a Saturday night than watch BBC Four can enjoy the gentle ribbing of Scandinavia\u2019s other exports, the flatpack woollen set a nod to Ikea and Denmark\u2019s knitwear.<br \/>\nWhile this quirky comedy took a little while to warm up, it picked up in the second half, not least because the cackling hen party in the back row chose to depart, an action welcomed by one audience member with a joyful punch to the air.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Moose.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3519\" alt=\"Moose\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Moose-300x237.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3519\" alt=\"Moose\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Moose-300x237.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nAudience participation are two words which strike fear into heart of even the most attention-seeking theatre-goer, so it says something about the skill of the two writer-performers that they managed to pull it off so hilariously. The interaction with the audience was not limited to the evening, as knitting clubs around the country donated their wares for the set (which is a lot better than it sounds).<br \/>\nSome jokes fell flat, such as the overdrawn surreal gangster moose sketch which poked fun at the youth with ever-diminishing returns.<br \/>\nBut on the whole, the playful ribbing of the Scandinavians, from the grumpy detective to the Bjork-esque blonde member of FABBA, worked well; I\u2019m surprised it hasn\u2019t been done before.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0;padding: 0;clear: both\">Related articles across the web<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0;background: none;float: left;vertical-align: top;text-align: left;width: 104px;font-size: 12px;margin: 0 5px 10px 0\"><a style=\"padding: 2px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/2014\/02\/14\/icelandic-sensation-asgeir-releases-first-all-english-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/248036657_150_150.jpg\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/248036657_150_150.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><a style=\"overflow: hidden;text-decoration: none;line-height: 12pt;height: 80px;padding: 5px 2px 0 2px\" href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/2014\/02\/14\/icelandic-sensation-asgeir-releases-first-all-english-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Icelandic sensation \u00c1sgeir releases first all-English album.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off the back of The Killing\u2019s success comes Inspector Norse, a likeable and clever parody of the Scandinavian crime genre. 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