A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

The most active theatre company in Cheltenham

Performance dates: Feb 4th -11th 2006, matinee Sat 11th

This is a truly hilarious farce, partly scripted by one of the writers for MASH and the inspiration for the wonderful TV series Up Pompeii. It is set in Rome in 200 BC and boasts a host of colourful characters; quick-witted slaves, harassed husbands and harridans, innocent young lovers, courtesans, eunuchs and beefily inept soldiers. Mixed together in a pantomimic plot about long-lost children, mistaken identities and hopeful suitors the result is a brew of trickery and confusion, frenetic and unfailingly funny. The numbers are lively, witty and varied, starting with the well-known Comedy Tonight. A saucily satisfying evening of sparkling humour and song.

'A show that has strong claims to being the funniest musical ever written’ Guardian

"...The comic plot never stops boiling in a show that creates mounting farcical mayhem with rare precision...” The Daily Telegraph

"The rousing opening number is a brazen sales-pitch: 'Something that's gaudy, Something that's bawdy, Something for everybawdy, Comedy tonight!” The Independent

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Director: Val Barker 520787 or e-mail valjbarker@aol.com

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