Present: Nic, Brian, Helen
Date: July 11, 2013
Drinks: Pre-dinner at the The Old Shades
Dinner: Post-theatre at Busaba Eathai (after abandoning the queue at Eat Tokyo)
Only when we came out did we discover this is written and performed by Mischief Theatre, a small theatre group about to take this to Edinburgh. We felt privileged to see it first. Funny even before the "start" it builds to hilarious and then keeps getting funnier until you are weak with laughter and with tears rolling down your aching cheeks. This venue is so small, I was fairly sure they could see me in the back (i.e. third) row - so they they are getting some pretty immediate and positive audience feedback with this. The play would need some work to play a larger venue (keeping the set together would otherwise be tricky for two characters) and the sense of amateurism, on which the plot relies, may be lost so I hope it is possible for the writers and cast to make money performing in venues of this size.
It seems assured of success in Edinburgh and can hopefully pick up a backer to come back to town again. In which case, I'd go see it again. Slapstick brilliance.
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