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drinks Monday 3 November 08
Cambridge Footlights
Verdict: Superb
Edinburgh - Pleasance Above - August 2002
and touring September
Excellent sketch show loosely centred round the isolated village of
Hackford Bay and its quirky publican (Ed Weeks), his timid cellarman Guy
(Guy Morgan), femme fatale Ruby Duvet (Ruth Pickett), deputy head teacher
Harry Man (Tom Bell), and sullen acting student Marcus (Dan Stevens).
Ed Weeks is quite superb as Arthur the moody publican with dancing ambitions,
Ruth Pickett smoulders sexily with excellent one-liners, Guy Morgan emerges
strategically with funny interjections
to deflate poetic moments from Dan Stevens's RADA postulant, and Tom Bell
delivers lines of classic tactlessness to Harry's bored English
students questioning the relevance of Hamlet ('What, have you never
thought of committing suicide?')
This well-scripted show comes across with easy intelligence but no
pomposity, and bristles with laughs. Catch it in Edinburgh, and
book it while it tours in September.
Director - Paul King; Writers - cast
and director, with additional material from Tom Basden and
Philip Stott; Designer - Prav Menon-Johansson; Design
Consultant - Pippa Allen; Assistant Director - Katie McAleese;
Technical Director (Cambridge) Eddy Langley; Technical Director
(Touring) - Tristan Boothl; Publicity Design - James Bachman;
Programme Design - Daniel Morgenstern; Company and Stage Manager -
Fiona Paterson; Tour Manager - James Windeler.
Technicals at preview - Rupert Lally.
END
John Park
reviewed at preview Wednesday 24 July 2002
Fringe Report (c) Fringe Report 2002-2008
