“What’s the
password? Bananas?!” This show is certainly that!
This week,
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery is in town bringing side-splitting laughter
with it. Brought to you by Mischief Theatre, the same group that gave us The
Play That Goes Wrong which was a phenomenal sell-out success.
This is one
of the funniest shows we’ve seen at the theatre –The Play was fab, however I
definitely did more belly-laughing with this one!! A huge hit with the audience
with laughs and applause throughout. Plenty of innuendos, constant wordplay
with puns, wit and banter. Us Brits do love a comedy that doesn’t take itself
too seriously and we sure thrive on making a mockery of others on stage and
pushing boundaries…men, women, thieves, bank managers, moustaches, old people,
lovers, police, seagulls – you name it, they ridiculed them!
The story
follows Mitch who has escaped from prison to rob the rare diamond under lock
and key at Minneapolis City Bank. He is joined by a band of fellow robbers
including Caprice Freeboys, daughter of the bank’s manager and a successful
swindler of all the local men. Neil Cooper, one of the prison guards and Sam
Monaghan, son of the bank’s clerk and petty thief. Of course, they encounter
endless obstacles and calamities along the way.
The stage
set was excellent and included a few unexpected scenes as well as clever twists
and turns, sounds and lighting. The cast and ensemble were all superb and many of
them are fairly fresh out of drama college! They’ve clearly trained to an
excellent standard and have a real presence on stage. As I always say, the show
is so much better when the cast are clearly having the time of their lives up
on that stage.
A clever
combination of slapstick and satire not too unlike Monty Python or Fawlty
Towers – very John Cleese. This show is suitable to anybody with a sense of
humour. If you don’t have one, I probably wouldn’t bother.
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