D A Prince applauds Keith Hutson’s poetic tributes to music hall performers
comedy
Low-tech, unforced and innocent, the Chipping Norton panto lives up to the programme note’s promise to provide “an escape from the disposable pop culture that surrounds our children”.
This is a hugely funny spoof on creating a play for the Edinburgh Festival. It is a mixture of boulevard comedy, clowning and absurdism.
Any story-line involving a single woman is inherently more dramatic than a narrative of a single man because of biology’s cruel deadlines.
By Barbara Lewis • comedy, musicals, theatre, year 2018 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, comedy, musicals, theatre