My first review for this Havant company, at their excellent venue, The Spring, proved to be well worth the trip down the M27.

The work, from the pens of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) playwrights Adam Long, Reed Hudson and Austin Tichenor is an hilarious dip into several areas of the holy book.

Essentially reverent, rather than irreverent, the crowd lapped it up.

James George, Darren Gilmore and Mikey Palmer had the audience in the palm of their hands from the first strains from Mike Mellor’s keyboard.

Well, wearing just fig-leaves rather than palm-leaves if truth be told, as that was how they made their entrance, in a Garden of Eden scene.

Did Eve really have a beard?

The laughs came thick and fast throughout and audience participation was a key part, with a brilliant Noah’s Ark themed Old Macdonald Had a Farm sing-along feature.

Sam Sampson directed – Genesis genius!