TRIPLE Threat Theatre Company's promo ads for Apocalypstick; The Four Horsewomen Of The Apocalypse promised a night of wild entertainment delivered to us by four beautiful ladies and they lived up to that promise with high hemlines, low necklines and snigger-inducing comedy that was not for the easily offended.

The premise of the show was simple: take four young singers and two hosts and give them each the opportunity to address the audience in character, explaining what they personally contribute to apocalyptic conditions, and then taking the time to sporadically punctuate these claims by singing complimentary solo musical numbers before the hosts came back out and introduced the next lady to the stage.

The apocalypse aspects represented included Pestilence, War, Famine and Death, and each of the performers used their moment in the spotlight to explain what they've done in the past to stir up these conditions, before going on to explain what they're doing now in modern times to keep their legacies going.

The show opened with co-hosts Pete and Gordon engaging in a bit of slick banter, before Sammie Robertson came out representing the first horsewoman 'Pestilence', taking the credit for having spread infectious diseases in the past before going on to explain how she gets her thrills now by causing chaos on social media.

Mrs Robertson sang three strong solos throughout this time, and took photographs of every table in the audience using her smart phone while singing Ga Ga's 'Paparazzi' in lieu of dancing, and her characterisation of a pouting-one moment, gleeful the next and psychotic right after was well-honed and at times, even endearing.

Following Sammie came out Megan Mills representing 'War' and as was to be expected, she was all about the scowls and the violence, going on to demonstrate how she now uses online gaming as a form of warcraft because there's not enough violence left in the world.

I can also attest that a little app called 'Game Of War' almost led to bloodshed in my own household two years ago, so I appreciated the commentary.

Her songs were incredibly vocally strong, and she switched gears by first singing the stunning song 'Zombie' by the Cranberries, and then getting everyone in the audience grooving along to'Billionaire,' including a perfectly executed rap solo that was definitely the highlight of the evening for me.

Next came Belinda Patroni representing Famine, and she flipped the script on the issue, saying that she's given up starving people and is using McDonald's to overfeed them instead, with equally catastrophic consequences.

The beautiful Belinda made a lot of excellent points and has a first class voice that resonated throughout the space all evening, shining even in the group numbers, but I think she might have been the hardest character to get on board with given the fact that her script called for a lot of mocking of the poor, starving and overweight which is pretty hard to pull off in the current social climate- and the more beautiful the girl, the harder it is to get away with it so her sensational looks definitely could have worked against her there.

That being said, the audience was there to have a belly laugh not to worry about starving African children so I suppose 'Famine's' jokes and song selections were only as inappropriate as the audiences' collective social conscience was at the time after the complimentary drinks they received on the way in, and failing that, she can always blame the writer because anyone that knows her personally knows that she was just acting and would never dream of voicing such hurtful opinions from a personal point of view.

The final representative of the apocalypse was Jessica Grulovic, who portrayed Death. Obviously death has a lot to answer for, but Jessica's monologue focused less on killing people, and more on the poor quality of life in modern times. Her characterization was flawless and hilarious, and there wasn't a person in the room that escaped the burn of her expressive eyes. Her songs weren't as strong and suited to her as the other three girls' were, but Jessica's vocal strength lies in her beautiful operatic soprano, and so it will be wonderful to watch her shine in Triple Threat's production of Phantom later this year.　

There was a lot more to Four Horsewomen of The Apocalypse than the leading ladies solos and monologues, however, so I must take this moment to point out how utterly beguiling one of the co-hosts, Gordon was. He played the slow-witted but kind at heart host, in contrast to Peter Grulovic's spotlight-hogging and arrogant characterization of the host that had his act together, and the exchanges between the two of them had people in stitches. Comic timing is so absolutely vital when it comes to a lengthy cabaret-style show such as this one, and so although Gordon was portrayed as the weakest link of the ensemble, he was very much the star.　

It was a crazy night out, and the venue, the 'new' Kucom Theatre, was the perfect setting because the natural acoustics of the space coupled with the featured ladies' ability to project clearly and resonantly meant that they only required microphones with their songs.

Every word of dialogue was clear and the other aspects of the performance such as sound and lighting were carried out perfectly by AV tech, Simon Pope.

The event was catered with lots of yummy food from The Railway Hotel so the ticket holders got their $40 worth from that alone, the server Catherine Parr of Kucom was fast and friendly, and some of the performers went out of their way to greet guests on the way in and out.

The girls were scantily-clad and sauntered about with an air of over-blown sensuality that would have had a lot of the men in the audience worked up from start to finish, and the group numbers were vocally perfect, high-energy and featured a lot of great harmonies.

The performance space itself still has a construction site feel to it that suited this particular production, so I encourage members of the public to get behind Kucom by purchasing tickets to their one-act plays in the near future, and help turn the space into the theatre of so many peoples' dreams.　

The Four Horsewomen Of the Apocalypse is definitely a fun night out for a rowdy crowd, but I feel as though I must caution potential ticket buyers for Apocalypstick's future productions to take the 15+ rating with a grain of salt because I feel as though it's a strictly 18+ event.

The ads warn the audience that there is coarse language but in reality this particular script had as many F-words as it has exclamation points serving as punch lines for a lot of the jokes, and there is a prolonged verse within it about male ejaculation that is in my opinion, too indecorous for an underage crowd.

That being said, it's the perfect sort of production to go along to for those looking for a way to celebrate a bucks or hens night.

The Four Horsewomen of Apocalypstick will be performing one final performance this Saturday night at The Pinnacle Hotel, so I'd encourage anyone looking for a guilty guffaw to get their tickets from Trybooking.com before it's sold out.

I look forward to seeing Triple threat change gears back to politically correct with the rest of their multiple productions this year, and wish their future casts all the best with their professional productions.