A Piece of Cake

This was only the second amateur presentation of   “A Piece of Cake”  by Lucy Bennett, and the  Marlowe`s  gave a good interpretation of a play  that sometimes, through no fault of the actors,  was rather slow to get going.

The play revolved around the opening of a café whose speciality was mainly cakes, and the  trials and tribulations of our heroine, Penelope, played with  good poise and confidence  by Felicity Freeman.  Into the shop to do the refurbishment  came Peter, played by Chris Davies,  a troubled divorcee who proved to be a positive foil for Felicity.  Rick Law was equally as effective as David and lightened the piece with his sardonic humour.  But  the  highlight of the evening was Tamzin Grayson as the waitress Lizzie,  dizzy and clumsy,  her comic timing was perfect,  and for me gave an  hilarious show-stealing performance,  and she still got her man!   Tom Cheshire as the smooth man about town operator Michael Parks,  competently  completed the line-up.

 With members of Team Marlowe smoothly completing the set changes, this production was a worthy  tribute to Gil Townes, their late Chairman,  and maintained the Players`  reputation for quality presentations.

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