The Wonder of Sex

Synopsis

"After such award-winning theatrical milestones as The Charge of the Light Brigade, Zulu!, The Messiah and Love Upon the Throne, Raymond and myself will be taking you, the audience, on a probing investigation into the fascinating world of SEX! Including many famed sexual encounters re-enacted LIVE ON STAGE, such as Lady Chatterley's Lover, Casanova, The Kama Sutra and The Orgies of Rasputin. Not to mention an whole host of marital tips and answers to all your sexual problems."

Our Review:

20 December 2001

After 21 years and shows that have stretched from Wagner's Ring Cycle ("four magnificent operas in 1 hour 15 minutes") to The Messiah (first produced in 1983 and revived last year at the Bush), the National Theatre of Brent have finally arrived at the National Theatre of Great Britain. Desmond Olivier Dingle - who founded the company, runs it from his home "in bustling Dollis Hill", and has co-written and co-starred in every one of their two-man epics - is a glorious composite of overreaching ambition and overstated pomposity. Meanwhile, unpaid sidekick Raymond Box is the picture of eager incompetence.

In the company's final part of a sex trilogy begun in 1984 with The Complete Guide to Sex and continued with The Mysteries of Sex in 1997, they now offer The Wonder of Sex in their most complex staging yet. A futuristic, state-of-the-art set by Francis O'Connor comprises all-white surfaces and gleaming television screens, ont...

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Latest User Review

USER: Whatsonstage.com - 9 January 2002:

great main review, there's little to add really. This is a wonderfully funny evening out, and the antithesis of the inpenetrable and unenjoyable 'No Man's Land'. There's little sexual content despite the title, so don't worry, this isn't a companion-piece to the terrifying Mother Molly's Clap House. I'd agree that it seemed slightly overlong, but in truth Barlow & Ramm never stop being delightful to watch and listen too so it's not like yawning through the final act of Parsifal. If you saw 'Love Upon the Throne' then yes you'll recognise sections of this, but then there's no harm in re-using great comic material which a lot of people would have missed previously. I was just so impressed to see a full-house Lyttelton audience having so much fun together, even up in the balcony. Don't miss this - it'll appeal to everyone who enjoys watching and laughing at incompetant performers. The programme is worth buying for the hilarious photographs of the NTOB introducing themselves around the RNT....

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