Paul Godfrey's stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's famously filmed novel is as clever as Michael Frayn's backstage farce, Noises Off.
Paul Godfrey's stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's famously filmed novel is as clever as Michael Frayn's backstage farce, Noises Off.
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Neil Cooper
Framed as a 1950s BBC radio play, such a conceit allows for subtle hints of backstage shenanigans among its cast of three who appear alongside a tireless sound effects man. Sharing the original story's multiple roles among the trio also makes for canny economic sense. Godfrey's version was last seen at the old Mull Little Theatre. Irene MacDougall's new production, which tours community centres in the area this week, does much to capture the show's essence, in its stylistic dexterity and subversive intent.
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