The Hub is an enjoyable feel good comedy which follows four voice over artists and a nerdy technician as they sit in a recording booth waiting to takes their turn. Its unusual setting allows for some great comedy as the characters compete over who can get the most complaints with their subtly offensive comments.
There are some big laughs to be had but really this is a story about the lead, Faith who has returned to her old job after her career in LA never quite got started. She is still in love with her ex Alan who is less than pleased to see she has returned. Their story is fairly generic resulting in a romantic tale not a thousand miles from Every Richard Curtis movie ever made. But there is lots of fun to be had as the audience get to the finale, with the two side characters, the young and impressionable doo-gooder, Mary, and a highly stereotypical camp man from Wales, Jimmy, getting most of the big laughs.
The cast are thoroughly entertaining to watch and seem to have a good chemistry between them. Though it was a little surprising to see some mistakes as the run has now been on for over two weeks, such as Richard running in at the wrong moment and rather than the cast thinking on their feet, he apologises to the audience and goes off stage later returning at the point he was supposed to.
The writing fresh from the pen of Feri Tezcan is enjoyable and full of some cracking jokes but it can never quite pull itself into something original as the characters are painfully similar to a thousand sitcoms out there.
3/5 
Martin Miller
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