Practical? Yes. True? Yes. Secret? Well, it was until tonight when this clandestine behaviour it was brought to life and transformed into the character of a crazy, germ-fearing, spore-hating dude, who’s life became one pane of smashed glass after another in Dirty Laundry.
Absurd, you bet? But the man was kept company by a hammer-happy, man-loving baseball player, a scouse flirt who got more than excited by the rocking motion of a train, a fake-tanned within an inch of his natural skin colour poser and a voyeur who never let his binoculars down.
Each of the characters were created on the spot based on a secret from the audience and spun into a tale of sex, lies and love by the players.
Panda Smackdown aired their first Dirty Laundry on Thurs 23 and had some real corkers of secrets from the crowd, including “My upper right arm is covered in stubble” which led to a story about an Italian family, with wookie / ewok, or “ewookie” heritage, and the dream of one hairy boy just wanting to make the swim team.
Another confession of “I find German really accents hot” turned into the tale of four Germans reducing one Deutsch man with to ecstasy just by their charming conversation, pretzels and tandem bike riding.
It’s different secrets each night and the players take them off to places you never dreamed they could go.
Check out Dirty Laundry at Red Rattler, two shows left – Fri 24 and Sat 25 Sept.