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Director - Steve HarrisAssistant Director - Summer Tilston
The play is a high-speed farce driven by miscommunication and escalating lies. Bernard's "foolproof" plan to have a romantic weekend with Suzanne unravels when Jacqueline decides to stay at home, leading to multiple affairs and mistaken identities. A cook is hired, but she ends up impersonating Suzanne, while Suzanne is expected to cook. The arrival of George, the cook's jealous husband, further intensifies the comedic chaos as everyone tries to explain away their contradictory actions. The characters' frantic attempts to maintain the status quo and cover up the truth lead to non-stop laughter and slapstick humour.
Well.... suppose Robert turns up not realizing quite why he has been invited. Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers, and consequently determined that Jacqueline will NOT leave for the weekend. Suppose the cook has to pretend to be the mistress and the mistress is unable to cook. Suppose everyone's alibi gets confused with everyone else's. An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.
This boulevard comedy was a smash hit in Paris, where it played for over two years, and in London, where it ran for six years at the Apollo and Duchess Theatres. It has since played in theatres all over the USA and the English speaking world and was revived in Chicago and on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre in 2012. This production was nominated for two Tony awards.
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Event Venue
The Players Theatre Inc., 33A Lord St, Port Macquarie NSW 2444, Australia, Port Macquarie
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