Although I get free tickets to all home produced shows at the Belgrade theatre this was only the second one I had actually bothered to see. ‘Mr Puntilla and his Man Matti’ had put me off going back for a while. It was also the first time I had been into the new B2 theatre, which is a smaller venue with just 350 seats, in which the Belgrade will be putting on “less mainstream” plays. Monged is a story of three lads who have a weekend out on the town in Dublin, it is advertised as the Irish Trainspotting and it is quick and really funny, although in places a little dark, this play really gripped me, it’s definitely not one of those plays where you have to keep looking at your watch every few minutes. This show has minimum props and just three actors, the lack of props means the acting is relied on heavily, and Monged is flawlessly acted. It mainly revolves around the three lad’s anecdotes and thoughts on the world. The Coventry Telegraph seemed to pick up on Darren Healy’s broad accent, although to start with it is a little difficult to understand; I found myself quickly adjusting to it and this did not get in the way of my enjoyment of the play. I would definitely recommend this play, but if you are planning to see it, please it is about drug and alcohol abuse, as the poster does say; if you have a problem with this, then don’t go to see it, as this seems to be most of the walk outs are about.