“RARELY can a cast be made to work so hard as in the inspired lunacy of Patrick Barlow’s hugely entertaining adaptation of John Buchan’s gripping 1915 espionage thriller.
Shamelessly stealing moments from Hitchcock’s classic 1935 screen version, and name-dropping at least six of his other film titles, the multi-talented cast of five (Alistair Faulkner, James Bradwell, Rachel Fletcher and Emma Young, led by Paul Chalmers’ bored colonial looking for adventure) raced their way through over 100 different roles.
From policemen to spies, from femmes fatales to Scottish crofters, from music-hall acts to underwear salesmen, they garnering huge laughs and applause from the capacity audience as they conjured cars, trains, bridges and aeroplanes from a few ladders, trunks and chairs.
Jill Redston and George Fleming’s amusing props ensured that model trains, planes and houses all played their part while Sarah Bath’s lighting and David Green’s sound added perfectly to the tongue-in-cheek period atmosphere”.
ED HOWSON
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