Black Comedy

This is not a good production. The set was adequate and the direction was unobtrusive (although one actor was left facing the wall for five minutes, as if captured by the Blair Witch), but the farcical comedy becomes tedious as the actors trudge through their lines with little genuine expression.

Much of the play rests on the physical comedy as the characters stumble around their apartment during a black out - when their apartment is in darkness, the stage lights are on so the audience can see them feeling around blindly. All the actors, but particularly Lewis Tuffnell, throw themselves into the elaborate mime, and clearly a lot of hard work has gone into it. Unfortunately, the result is slow and unfunny and the great humour of the play is almost entirely flattened.