Body Language -- Bingley Little Theatre
Alan Aykbourn's farce Body Language was a popular choice with the large, first-night audience
The play, set in a clinic for the surgically enhanced, was first staged in 1990, but remains topical today.
No-one faltered but Gordon Sugden as the aged visiting surgeon was hilarious and stole the show for me.
Laura Judge and Linda Marshall were excellent as the two female leads and all seven supporting actors were faultless. Peter Stansfield's direction was pacey and even the set, designed by Terry McAllister, drew applause when the curtains opened.
l Runs until tomorrow.
Sylvia Thompson
Comedy of Errors -- Viaduct Theatre, Halifax
Take two sets of twins, add a whole host of comic cock-ups and mishaps and what you get is another fantastic evening courtesy of Northern Broadsides.
I've said it before but The Viaduct is simply the most wonderful setting to see one of today's finest classical theatre companies at work.
Browbeaten identical twin servants dash unknowingly between identical twin masters after the fates conspire to throw a long-separated family back together.
What unfolds is a riot of comic mayhem as mistaken identity leads to uproarious farce throughout.
The entire cast were first-class but hats off especially to Andrew Cryer as Antipholus of Syracuse, with something of an Eric Morecambe air to his art.
You must go see it if you can!
l Visit www.northern-broadsides.co.uk for tour details
Stuart Roberts
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