This review appeared in Total Theatre - Winter 2003:

At Komedia, appearing as par t of the Paramount Comedy Festival, came Gonzo Moose with When in Rome. This is physical comedy with no holds barred. A rollicking romp through ancient Rome which grabs every cliché and myth and half remembered bit of history and serves it up as a fast paced comic stew - Slaves and Gladiators, Caligula and Nero, Ceasar and Brutus, vestil virgins, soothsayers, senators and power hungry mothers. Directed by Shifting Sands' Gerry Flannagan whose previous company Commotion where a leading light in British Physical Theatre, it features one of the rising stars of the form, Paschale Straiton, who's destined, I'm sure to be one of the great female clowns. Previous work (with Company F/Z and Dark Horse among others) has proved her comic ability, but Gonzo Moose is the perfect vehicle for her talent - which relies heavily on Bouffon and slapstick combined with sharp verbal
repartee and surreal visual gags.

However, this is not a solo show: the other half of the act is Mark Conway, who at first seems to be Ernie to Paschale's Eric as she steals every line and visual gag from him. But as the comic mayhem progresses, the match evens up and by the end of the show I'm convinced they are a marriage made in heaven. Sitting in the front row, I did almost fall over with laughter at more than one point. It's hard to pick a highlight from such a fantastically funny show, but the bizarre cuddly-toy puppetry and the one-woman portrayal of the whole senate have to be mentioned. As does the great set design from Strangeling David Burnstein. I especially liked the statues with the lovely plaster-of-paris tits and vestil virgin's eternal flame of glittery red paper. Viva Roma!