Keep Calm and Carry On, APG, Tower Arts Centre, Winchester (From Daily Echo)

Keep Calm and Carry On, APG, Tower Arts Centre, Winchester

11:03am Tuesday 29th November 2011 in Curtain Call By Karen Robson

A LONG way away from the glamorous, very American picture of the undead in recent teen fiction, Keep Calm and Carry On offers a more considered, grungy and distinctly British take on a world where the dead refuse to die.

More in the form of a series of loosely connected sketches than a play, the work shifts from comedy to tender dramatic scenes to political and philosophical musings.

This leads to a certain unevenness of tone, with the comedy in general by far the most successful component.

The play was briskly directed, with a deftness of touch and imagination.

The acting troupe were assured performers who brought honesty and some serious comic ability to bear on the material.

Andrew Hodgson gave good value as Dr Young and a bombastic, insincere PM.

Bill Richards deserves credit for his standup routine, that really was dead funny.