Fringe / White Rabbit Cowboys

Friday night is for the boys. The class divide is crossed at all quarters as lads of all descriptions spruce themselves up and go chasing that ever-elusive Good Time. Here we see three of them, as Leonard McCaffer presents a trio of interlinked monologues that knowingly and hilariously chart how our heroes fall at the first hurdle as the night pans out to dashed hopes and emptiness. JD is the hard-drinking make-believe high- flyer, whose pal, ladies' man Sez, is too intent on the hot date-to-end- them-all for a night on the town with him. Until, that is, he's let down at the 11th hour, and is reduced to scoring some hash from terminal deadhead Spangle. If Spangle can keep it together that is, for, unlike the others, he's given up the chase. McCaffer gradually exposes the frailties of all three characters in what is an ideal venue for such good time candour. With the so-called rise of the laddette, perhaps a series of vignettes featuring female counterparts might be timely.

n The City Cafe. To 31 Aug