Nobody’s Perfect
by sally on Sunday, February 7, 2010Make first comment on this post
written by Simon Williams
directed by Sue Smith
Date: Tuesday 18th – Saturday 22nd May 2010 at 7:30 pm
Swan Theatre
Box office: 01905 611427
The play
Leonard knows full well “nobody’s perfect”. Why else would his wife have left him custodian of their feisty teenage daughter Dee Dee and why else would he be faced with the nightmare of getting his determinedly resistant and aged father Gus into a retirement home? Nobody and nothing, in Leonard’s life, is perfect. Leonard is a home-based statistician with a festering ego, he’s a frustrated writer of fiction – blocked by the likes of Harriet Copeland, a commissioning editor with strong opinions about everything, most especially the shortcomings of men as writers and consorts. To accommodate these publishing foibles, Leonard changes his nom de plume to Myrtle Banbury without realising that he’ll need to dress as a woman for the face-to-face financial negotiations with Harriet. And so the farcical foundations are laid.
The combination of naughty old Gus, Dee Dee and Leonard, leads us into an hilarious farce full of confusion and great comic timing. Throw in the character of Harriet Copeland to stir things along, and we have the perfect recipe for a classic night at the theatre.
The Cast
- Leonard – Keith Thompson
- Harriet – Jane Wootton
- Gus – Frank Welbourne
- Dee Dee – Verity Norton
Crew
- Director – Sue Smith
- Producer – Keith Thompson
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