The Comedy of Errors

Synopsis

Sets of twins, hilarious storytelling and wonderful humanity in the Bard's comic masterpiece and shortest play. Naturally, there are two cases of mistaken identity to deal with in this tale of 24 hours in the life of two sets of twins.

Our Review:

Karen Bussell - 4 May 2011

Ed Hall’s all-male Propeller has something of a reputation to live up to - priding itself on clarity, speed, imagination and exploring the richness of Shakespeare with rigour and invention.

And the lovingly crafted, colourful chaos of this Comedy of Errors does not disappoint.

The silliness of the plot – two sets of twins (identical even in their names) separated as children in a shipwreck wind up in the same place at the same time along, coincidentally, with their estranged father causing farcical mayhem and complications – lends itself to pantomime and that is how Hall plays it: pacy, racy and full of ridiculous sound effects, comic asides and slapstick.

Ephesus is a Costa del Sol-type resort full of blokes in football shirts and sombreros playing mariachi music (very competently) under the fairy lights, bunny girls and sellers of all things bling.

The cast work together seamlessly with each character beautifully honed – from Dugald Bruce-Lockhart...

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Latest User Review

Jeanette, Plymouth - 10 May 2011:

Excellent production. Full of fun. And with Shakespeare spoken beautifully. Well done to all....

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