12th April No errors just lots of comedy


I appear to have entered a mini time warp here in Scarborough (well it is Yorkshire so perhaps thats not too unexpected) with my blog getting out of synch with the real world by a day. Perhaps I forgot to upload a post but whatever the reason its been rather discombobulating. But not quite as discombobulating as todays jolly to the Stephen Joseph Theatre to see 'Comedy of Errors' which was not quite the Shakespeare epic either of us had expected.

Rather it was a modern interpretation of the bard's classic that stuck very loosely to the Shakespearian plot but which set the story in the mid 1980's and involved a bitter rivalry between people of Lancashire (well Prescott, Mersyside actually) and the good folks of Scarborough, complete with 1980's soundtrack including Madonna, Billy Joel, Whitesnake and even Nik Kershaw which very cleverly matched the various interwoven strands of the plot

Performed in the round by an ensemble cast who sang, danced and played a variety of parts during the two and a half hour performance, it was very well put together and very funny with the majority of the dialogue being delivered in contemporary rhyme apart from occasions where it slipped into the original Shakespeare score.

In a nutshell...An actor from Lancashire arrives in a Yorkshire coastal town to perform his 'magnificent' one-man show. Trouble is, there's no audience - everyone's booked for a Talent Show across town starring the twin brother he's never met. His twin brother owes money all over town, has promised his wife a gold chain and is banking on winning the talent show to avoid getting in trouble with some unsavoury characters.

Will the twins discover each other? Will they learn how they became separated? Will either show go on at all? Just some of the questions that were finally unravelled and revealed in a very funny and exhausting climax to what was a very funny night out that we both really enjoyed. 

We were both worn out watching it, heaven only knows how the actors felt performing it. And for just £10 a ticket it was an absolute bargain. But don't take our word for it, have a sneaky look at the trailer for the show.


 

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