Friday 26 August 2011

Cul-de-Sac (Beneath, Pleasance Courtyard, 24/08)

The venue was filled to capacity for this mid-afternoon dark comedy.    Word had clearly got around.   And quite rightly.

A simple set and small performance area, close up to the audience - great for the village hall.   Performances could not have been bettered.   Alan Francis, Mike Hayley and Toby Longworth had every expression just right, and their comedy timing was perfect.   The action took us to some potentially uncomfortable places, and, it's true, at times there were some in the audience who might just have appeared to be disapproving of some of the adult humour.  But the preposterous fiction was pitched so well, and the acting so good, that concerned expressions dissolved into laughter as the licence to enjoy was fully exercised, and each and every scene received spontaneous applause.

Peter for Arts Out West

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