KCA Players: Kindly Leave the Stage, John Chapman, 21/06/2011
? AS the curtains opened to reveal the luxurious set (which is something to be proud of in itself, considering it was designed and built by the company!), I could not help but wonder which of the gaggle of jolly black polo shirted ushers and raffle attendees had the misfortune to return tonight to a vastly under-furnished lounge and dining room! The mental picture of an over-dedicated KCA player sitting proudly, cross legged, in the middle of an empty front room helped me no end in establishing the mood for laughter. And laughter there was, in abundance. Chapman’s quick and serrated piece of wit concerns a stiff onstage marriage farce suddenly bursting into an equally amusing subplot surrounding the ‘offstage’ drama of a few promiscuous actors suffering from cabin fever on a cramped tour. His unceasing whimsy streamed with ease from the cluster of talented performers. They took a while to warm up, and the character relationships were not entirely enforced to begin with. Nonetheless, all settled most pleasantly into their roles with the entrance in Act II of Shakespeare actor, Edward Frobisher, played magnificently by Jack Snell. His relative ease onstage, and dexterity in revealing the underlying venerability...
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