Penned by the guy who did the hilarious 'The 39 Steps', this had a lot to live up to and for the most part it held it's own. Unusually sweary for the Harborough Theatre, the pensioners seemed to be laughing their heads off all the same and the applause at the end was louder than for most plays we've seen.
The play was very clever, with four actors playing the parts of bouncers, girls, guys, DJ's, hairdressers, barbers, you name it... and occasionally the mood turned darker, though thankfully not for too long. I guess nightclubs do always have that dark undercurrent with the potential for violence never far away.
I don't think it was quite as good as 'The 39 Steps', but it was still head and shoulders above pretty much everything else we've seen of late.
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