The Hound of the Baskervilles

Synopsis

A classic Sherlock Holmes mystery set on a foggy and sinister moor. A beloved baronet lies murdered...Mysterious omens of doom are sent by unseen hands...An escaped psychopath brings reign of terror...A terrifying beast is glimpsed in the dead of night...

Our Review:

18 April 2007

The title is always the selling point. Well, it has to be in the West End when you have no actors to speak of, or sell tickets on. This is the latest attempt – The 39 Steps might be flagged up as the best current example – to lure an audience by stealth into a night of “theatre” on the cheap and convince them that low-budget comedy means high standards of invention and originality. Well, yes and no.

In the case of The Hound of the Baskervilles performed by the Peepolykus (ie, “People Like Us”) troupe, three competent actors - one of whom, Javier Marzan, plays Sherlock Holmes in a thick Spanish accent possibly because he is Spanish - present a reasonably inventive comedy cabaret which extracted a laugh, or at least a yelp, from me on approximately three occasions.

One of those came when the swirling fog of Dartmoor is exchanged for the rising steam of a sauna, where Holmes and Watson track down Sir Henry Baskerville, heir...

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Latest User Review

houndtang - 8 May 2007:

Very funny show, with great three-man cast giving their all. Particularly enjoyed Javier Marzan as a very Spanish Sherlock Holmes. The lightning recap of the first half is the highlight....

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