 There
is a crime wave that has hit the village of Upper Lower Greater
Middle Gobbleston, culminating in multiple murder, and it is down
to village bobby PC Butler to solve the mystery. He is to be
assisted by disgraced Detective Sergeant Cassidy to get to the
bottom of it all, but is as simple as it all seems?
This is a smashing.... I
hesitate to call it a play, 'cause it is far, far more. There are
elements of musical theatre, farce, sit-com, TV Cop show and even
panto as the piece written by Clare Plested, Amanda Wilsher and
Adam Brown delighted the audience for entire show.
Ms
Wilsher has the task of directing Ms Plested as Cassidy and Adam
Brown as Butler as she draws fine performances from them as they
are guided through the frantic action that is integral to the
storyline.
There
is an added factor that makes this a superb show and that is the
mastery of the set design and construction. In all my years of
Fringe theatre going I have never seen a more versatile
construction, I'm sure there were Tardis's with all that was
packed into them, and the way they are used, putting Transformer
toys to shame, is worth the admission money alone.
I
have no doubt at all in giving this production a huge thumbs up,
it is probably the funniest thing I’ve seen on the Fringe this
year. Looking forward to next year’s guys, top this if you can.
*****
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