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C4 Comedy Lab 'Matthew & Tone'
Maxim
Matthew & Tone - proof positive that the UK makes the world's most gloriously strange comedy
programmes. Bold and brilliant stuff.
Metro
A delightfully understated portrayal of two West Country lads' correspondence, when Tone
(Steve Oram) takes off to find his fortune. Matthew's (Tom Meeten) descent into near madness
in his friend's absence, with his repeated pleas to the farmyard stock he tends to "speak
chicken speak, speak with your beak" is a deft piece of TV daftness reminiscent of vintage
Comic Strip - the 1980s team that launched alternative comedy on the box... A West Country gem.
Mackenzie Crook in OK
I was waiting for the chance to work with Oram and Meeten and took the part because I loved
the script. It's a brilliant and gentle comedy.
This Guide
Cultish character-based comedy duo Steve Oram and Tom Meeten bring their idiosyncratic take
on life to this touching and underplayed tale of Matthew & Tone, best mates from the west
country with a shared penchant for daydreaming, the A-Team and letter writing.
Scotland On Sunday
Beginning with a quite wonderful sequence where two best friends, Matthew & Tone, dance
themselves silly to an imaginary Dexy's Midnight Runners soundtrack, this West Country comedy
is amusing and rather sweet.
Live Shows, Including Edinburgh Festivals
ORAM & MEETEN 'Ding Dong'
List
The engaging Steve Oram and Tom Meeten inhabit a fine array of characters in their quick
sketch show, including excitable chicken-spotters and supermarket assistants gone bad.... They're
gifted performers with a finely-honed audience rapport and sense for physical comedy, with an
eye for the absurd that throws up many promising situations. The dingo song teeters on brilliance.
Scotsman
They have accents down, excellent timing, work well together in that
pretending-the-sketch-is-falling-apart kind of way, and a sense of the trully silly. The songs
are cracking, and the pro-darts player bang on. Ones to watch.
OTHER EDINBURGH REVIEWS
The Metro
Racing through sketches and set pieces, with a pace that leads to comparisons with the likes of Reeves and Mortimer. Continually demolishing the fourth wall, they step in and out of character giving knowing winks to the audience, the gags fly thick and fast, barely giving the audience a chance to keep up. These two performers carry off the show with cheeky grins and an undeniable charm. This show is a must for those who enjoy using the phrase "I saw them before" and when you leave the show, you will spend the following weeks catching yourself singing "What's In The Bag?"
The List
"clever and dynamic as well as incredibly funny...gifted ****"
Three Weeks
"Brain-tinglingly funny *****"
The Stage
"perched atop that proverbial iceburg of ideas"