Jimmy Gabriel is a lawyer with a problem. In fact, a couple of them. He has just proposed to the devout, bible-verse-spouting Wendy, although isn’t sure she is the one for him. His Swedish flatemate Inga needs him to pretend to be her fiancee so she can extend her visa – and yes, she is gorgeous. A snaky lady from the Department of Immigration keeps knocking on his door and to top it all off, his overbearing neighbour will not leave him alone. Two Weddings And A Lawyer, the latest play from real-life lawyer Tony Laumberg follows Jimmy as he navigates this precarious path and realises you cannot please everyone in this world.

This is Laumberg’s eighth play, directed by Richard Cotter and designed by Tony Youlden. Neatly packed into one act, the play jumps from one awkward situation to the next at a quick pace. The script is light and the characters to me served as caricatures rather than real people. In a sense, Laumberg’s style sits somewhere between gentle farce and realism, without finding its feet firmly in either. There is certainly moments of enjoyment, however a formulaic and conventional script afford neither actors nor audience much more than a few simple laughs.

Despite the lack of a meaty script, the performances are energetic enough to keep the play moving. Gary Boulter as Jimmy Gabriel, maintains a general exasperation at the events encircling and consuming him. Mark McCann adds a lot to the visual humour of the piece, bursting through the door every few minutes announcing some kind of ‘epiphany’ or at least wearing another ridiculous costume. Brigid O’Sullivan is preachy and strangle-worthy as the overbearingly Christian Wendy and Tricia Youlden is particularly good as the scrutinising and mysterious Miss Winthrop. Albany Dighton’s Inga could have descended into platinum pigtail, Swedish stereotype, yet other than a rather unplaceable European accent, she plays her role with a seriousness that serves it well.

Two Weddings And A Lawyer is exactly what I expected. A romantic comedy with a few gentle laughs, a couple of predictably awkward set ups and a range of characters willing to expose their neuroticisms. Laumberg’s script is all fluff and frivolity and steers clear of any deeper meanings. It’s all too heavily laid on and the dialogue could be pared back to reveal more interesting layers of what characters are not game to say. But at approximately one hour fifteen minutes straight through, it doesn’t overstay its welcome. Two Weddings And A Lawyer is unashamed ‘sit back and relax’ theatre, for those just wanting a few chuckles and an easy night at the theatre.