Dirty Dusting

This production was promoted as "a hilarious adult comedy." This it certainly was with a capital 'A' for adult. This play certainly required a broad mind and providing you realized this, it was a complete hoot from start to 'revealing finale!!' The piece, brilliantly written by Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood, tells the story of three elderly cleaners who are faced with being replaced by an agency made up of younger, more efficient 'environmental hygiene improvement operatives' as part of a money saving 'rationalisation process'. Elsie (Lynn Zaccarini), Gladys (Liz Forrest) and Olive (Freda Adams) are determined that they are not ready for the scrap heap and plan to prove it. As their final weekend of employment looms they decide to come up with a way of pepping up their pay-offs and inspiration comes in the form of several 'funny phone calls'. The three decide that they will set up a sex chatline from the office and hence the 'Telephone Belles' open for business. As you can imagine the humour is decidedly rude, crude and near to the bone-not to mention other parts of the anatomy! However it is written and directed so skilfully that we - and the rest of the audience - spent most of the two hours doubled over in hysterics. The one-liners came thick and fast from the brilliantly portrayed three ladies hardly giving us time to catch our breath. The three women were given the perfect foil in the shape of Dave their bossy supervisor, played for all its worth by Garry Brindley. The three brilliant actresses were never off the stage and not one single prompt was heard. An excellent production with a very well designed and constructed set made for a hilarious evening of farce, obviously enjoyed to the full by a near capacity audience. Well done Ury Players.

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