Given Angry Young Women In Low-Rise Jeans With High Class Issues aims to explore the core differences between men and women, the fact that it is written by a man opens up several possibilities and pre-conceived notions. Firstly, there could be automatic frowning with the common catch cry of “what would a man know about women’s issues”, and secondly, one fears this could just be a 90 minute rant that paints men as the dominant sex and makes a mockery of women.

Thankfully, Matt Morillo delivers a balanced, funny and entertaining series of skits and monologues and never really delves into opinion-based matter, preferring to go for easy laughs and light entertainment.

There’s four parts to the play in total. In ‘My Last G’, a 20 minute monologue performed by Celia Bickmore-Hutt, a young girl is thrilled when a magazine announces that low-rise jeans are officially out of style. She feels free by this, and starts to explore why men’s underwear has gotten bigger over the years, but women’s has gotten smaller. She decides that it’s time the g-string trend came to an end too, and resolves to find more respect within herself. In ‘Playtime In The Park’, we are introduced to the sex-crazed couple Rebecca (Celia Bickmore-Hutt) and Ronnie (Justin Thomson) along with Sarah (Emma Leonard), who has just “chickened out” of her “first time”. Next up is ‘Unprotected Sex’, the highlight of the night, in which we get a glimpse into the life of Brian (Adam Cleland) who is dealing with the mood swings the contraceptive pill has brought to his girlfriend Rachel (Megan Alston). Stuck in the middle is Brian’s best friend Joe (Mitch Firth), who simply wants to watch the football in peace. Finally, ‘The Nude Scene’ focuses on a young actress (played by Fiona Boidi) about to film her first, as the title would suggest, nude scene. At the hands of a crazy director, she feels terribly uncomfortable, and the situation isn’t helped by her picky best friend Katy (Phoebe Leonard) who questions the project’s credibility.

Deliberately, none of the four pieces link with any of the others, and breaking the evening up into four separate pieces works well, as it ensures nothing drags and everything is contained smartly without too many yawns.

Only the final piece, ‘The Nude Scene’, fails to keep the pace going in terms of entertainment and constant laughs. There’s only so many penis jokes you can fit into half an hour and the piece eventually becomes drawn out and predictable, and its terrible conclusion is the dictionary definition of cliché.

There is no deep or hidden meaning to Angry Young Women In Low-Rise Jeans With High Class Issues, though everyone will find something to relate to at some point over the 90 minutes. There’s times Morillo throws in some lines with a little meaning, such as Rebecca asking Sarah in ‘Playtime In The Park’ why it is “ok for women to fantasise about sex but it’s not ok for men”, but generally he’s not aiming to ask any big questions or make any grand declarations.

The acting performances are generally consistent and strong. The highlight is Emma Leonard’s shy, uncertain Sarah in ‘Playtime In The Park’ – her timing is strong and she is a fine actor in the making. Celia Bickmore-Hutt is impressive with her heavy workload, while Megan Alston delivers a strong, funny and generally entertaining turn as the moody Rachel in ‘Unprotected Sex’. Mitch Firth’s work in both ‘Unprotected Sex’ and ‘The Nude Scene’ is sensational and the contrast between both roles is handled well.

Angry Young Women In Low Rise Jeans With High Class Issues has people rolling in the aisles with laughter. Whether or not is an accurate representation of the modern woman is another thing altogether.