All would be well but for the discovery of Mr Hoskins, the twelfth lodger, quite dead but waiting, in the window seat, for the next of the sisters’ services. Their fondness for Teddy, their love of good works and their standing in the community is only slightly undermined by the dozen graves in the cellar where their lodgers now reside. Judging by the audience reaction and a virtual sell out at the Box Office, he’s gone the right way.ĭianne Cheeswright and Gill Jenks offer two spinsters rather too fond of funeral services in sweet and self contained performances. Thoroughly embracing the daftness of the script, Leslie Adams presents a screwball comedy with a dark side and avoids the depths that the play could, on paper, deliver. The scene is quickly set to appreciate Martha and Abby’s upright and charitable character before the surprising entrance of their nephew Teddy adds a disconcerting and discordant note, blown on a distinctly dodgy bugle. We are transported to Brooklyn and the steadfast Brewster sister’s parlour. There’s a classic comedy on the bill to dispel the January blues and, wait, hold on, is that Christopher Lacey relaxing in the bar and not sweating with first night nerves? Something’s afoot! All is not quite as it seems… I n a break with recent tradition, Leslie Adams has the season opener’s directorial reins and cajoles Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace to new life with a large and enthusiastic cast. Opening night of the new 2018 Stables Theatre season.
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