Ciarán Dowd: Don Rodolfo review – spoof swashbuckler is surprisingly seductive

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Character comedy doesn’t come less cutting-edge, but despite his cheesy cliches and nonsense machismo, Dowd has his way with the crowdImagine Zorro struggling with the Spanish accent and with a weakness for fondue, and you’ve a flavour – it should be a cheesy one – of Ciarán Dowd’s buzzy character-comedy show. Don Rodolfo Martini Toyota is a 17th-century swordsman on a mission to avenge his father’s death. His rival is nea