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Lucky Stiff
Venue: Landor Theatre
Where: Inner London
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starstarstarstarstarThe whole cast played, to a modest matinee audience, as if it was their opening night.Well done. - Dave Griffin22 Feb 12
starstarstarstarThis was Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty’s first musical, back in 1988. They went on to write a classic – Ragtime (brilliantly revived here at the Landor last year and included in this years Open Air season) – plus some good but less successful shows like Once on This Island, My Favourite Year and A Man of No Importance. Based on Michael Butterworth’s book, the show tells the somewhat preposterous story of an English shoe salesman who inherits his American uncle’s fortune – provided he takes his corpse on holiday to Monte Carlo! He’s followed by a dog’s home representative who is checking he meets the conditions in full as otherwise they cop the lot. Of course, its musical comedy (farce) so nothing is as it seems and nothing turns out as planned. Though it’s an early work, it’s a quirky and funny show with some nice tunes. We move from dull English shop and lodgings to the French Riviera (cue intentionally dodgy French accents and jokes about French stereotypes) as plain Harry wheels uncle around between locations followed by equally plain Annabel from the dogs home and uncle’s more manic ex and her brother. There’s even a dream sequence which includes a tap dance! All the leads are excellent. James Winter and Abigail Jaye both strike the right note as quiet souls at sea in a strange world. Lucy Williamson is a terrific scorned woman, brash loud and somewhat gothic; a great double-act with Miles Western as her less manic but equally mad brother. The stiff (Mark Hayden?) would win any Best Performance by a Corpse award going – on stage for most of the play, he hardly flinched. Rob McWhir’s production has a cartoonish quality and great pace. There’s a clever set with eleven doors and a descending bed. At the interval, I was puzzled at the lack of a design credit, but witnessing the interval repairs I was less surprised! The cast dealt with the elongated interval brilliantly by including a lyric referencing the bed in the second act opener – delicious! Its great fun and you only have two more weeks to catch it. - Gareth James22 Feb 12
starstarstarstarOnly 6 shows left of LUCKY STIFF at The Landor Theatre, come see what the papers are talking about: "...classic musical comedy..." "...See it to catch musical theatre at its truly frivolous best..." "...give yourself up to an evening of simple, unadulterated fun with Lucky Stiff – you will be glad you did..." "...If you are looking for an enjoyable evening, full of laughs, spills and the occasional thrill then this is the show for you..." :D - Wesley Schol20 Feb 12


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