The latest show on at the Comedy Theatre is Dickens Unplugged, a five-man show put on by a bunch of hilarious Americans who take you on this ride through the life and times of Charles Dickens and some of his most famous works - Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, A Christmas Carolit's a musical comedy that everyone, Dickens fan or not, will enjoy and laugh at.
Sometimes the actors add their American naunces into the script, and then they will turn serious and present a prose in perfect English with such emotion you sit there entranced.
I went twice, once for a matinee, and last night for the 7pm evening performance. Both shows were the same in their content but unique in their delivery - as it is on the stage. Basically it's just a whole lotta fun that had us rolling around in our seats. You'll go home with visions of Charles Dickens, grooving along with Miss Havisham and Bill Sykes, singing there's a party in my head... read more