ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

BY RICHARD BEAN

“I haven’t eaten since last night, I don’t get paid until next week, and I can’t stop thinking about CHIPS.”
Francis Henshall is sooooo hungry. He’s also unemployed. He needs a job, pronto.
Stuck in the seedy and slightly disreputable English seaside town of Brighton, an opportunity arises to become ‘minder’ to an East-End gangster, Roscoe Crabbe, who’s travelled down from London to reclaim a debt from his fiancée’s dad.
At the same time, never letting an opportunity go begging, Francis is also running errands around town for a posh twit named Stanley Stubbers.
Two guvnors, two paydays, two meal tickets. All he needs to do is keep them from discovering each other. What could possibly go wrong?
Acclaimed playwright Richard Bean has relocated the action to the swinging 60s and channeled the classic humour of Ealing comedies, Carry On films and Fawlty Towers, to bring fresh life to Carlo Goldoni’s 18th century Italian farce, The Servant of Two Masters.
This hilarious romp is a glorious celebration of the best of British comedy, a laugh-out-loud mix of satire, slapstick, skiffle music and sparkling one-liners.
After a few years of darkness, the future may finally be looking a little brighter.

The production was the icing on the cake to this great show. The sets by Jess Zlotnick were vibrant and beautifully painted and highlighted the setting of the show very well.

State of the Art

CREATIVE TEAM

CAST

Naser Ali, Eliva, Tristan Black, Amy Victoria Brooks, Joe Clements, Patrick Cullen, Anna Dooley, Angus Evans, Patricio Ibarra, Eleanor Ryan, Angharad Wise

BAND

Georgia Condon, Georgia Drewe, Matt Forbes