Triple Espresso

Synopsis

Triple Espresso features original songs, parody send-ups, and vaudeville-style ensemble comedy. This three-man play celebrates the 25-year anniversary of the trio's ill-fated Big Break and showcases the talents of gifted performers in the roles of Hugh Butternut, a dynamic musician; Buzz Maxwell, a weary magician; and Bobby Bean, a hapless comic.

Our Review:

23 January 2003

Like the "Triple Cinnamon Peruvian Monkey Foot Latte" one of its cast sips, Triple Espresso is a mighty strange blend.

A Minneapolis to London transfer (how often do you see that for starters?), albeit via numerous America cities, San Diego and Ireland, the show started life back in 1995 when three solo performers - pianist Michael Pearce Donley, comic Bob Stromberg and magician Bill Arnold - got together and decided to write something they could perform as a trio.

The resulting piece finds a pianist, comic and magician - named, respectively, Hugh Butternut, Bobby Bean and Buzz Maxwell (geddit, coffee lovers??) - who reunite for the first time in 25 years to heal wounds, reminisce and re-enact, ultimately, the horrific scene that precipitated their disbandment.

None of these fictional performers are endowed with tremendous talent, which is the bedrock of the humour for the show's original creators and stars who appear in this West End season....

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USER: Whatsonstage.com (217.44.174.96) - 22 February 2003:

worth it for the puppet show I cried laughing...

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