Panic Stations

Essential for a farce is excellent timing and on the whole it was achieved in this play. Set in the late 1960’s the incidental music was well chosen and undoubtedly nostalgic for quite a number of us in the audience. It took a little time to establish the characters, but once that was done the cast gave sound performances and their idiosyncrasies were well pointed. There was an absolutely priceless scene between two of the ladies, completely muddled as to who they each were addressing, and their timing was spot on. The cast were clearly very well rehearsed and there were some particularly good individual performances. Neale Winter playing Abel Bounty maintained a West country accent as the handyman, and after falling into a pond (offstage, seen through the window by the cast) he came back on stage not just a little damp but soaking wet! Commendable performances too from Luke Pulfer (Chester Dreadnought) who was on the stage for most of the play, Anwen Fuller (Mrs Bounty) one of the ladies in the aforementioned hilarious muddle, and Laura Allen, whose voice projection is second to none, made an imposing Lady Elrood. Strong support from the rest of the talented cast and good direction ensured a successful production.

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