Waiting...
Directed by Rob McKittrick
- comedy
The story
Young employees at Shenaniganz restaurant collectively stave off boredom and adulthood with their antics.
What it’s like
Bright, flat fluorescent light over a chain restaurant's kitchen and dining room, with the grease-shine of tiled floors and the bustle of trays and swinging doors. This is a loose, raucous workplace comedy, shot in a fast, handheld-leaning style that stays close to its cast as they bicker, improvise and goof off between shifts. The rhythm is brisk and scattershot, built from short scenes and sight gags rather than a steady build, with the mood swinging from sunny silliness to sudden, sharp outbursts of shouting and bawdy talk. The emotional register is wry and affectionate underneath the chaos: a group of underemployed twentysomethings stalling on the question of what comes next, with the workplace acting as a familiar, slightly shabby home. Expect frequent crude humour, drug references, sexual innuendo and nudity-adjacent gags, plus plenty of screaming and slapstick mayhem, but no real cruelty and little genuine peril. It suits a lazy evening with friends, a fun late-night watch, or background laughter while doing something else. It is for people who want a lightly anarchic, profane comedy about young adults drifting through service jobs, rather than anything gentle or quiet.
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