Much as I hate to admit it, Colin is right. The penguins are taking over the world. It’s the only thing that explains the production of “Comedy of Errors” the Victoria and I saw at Stratford.
It was the strangest play I have ever seen. And for those of you who know how many plays I see… well, that really is saying something. It included:
- A guy wearing a tie-dyed toga smoking drug paraphernalia and looking like a certain elf from Lord of the Rings
- Quotes from Gone with the Wind
- A borrowed camel
- A live golden retriever chasing a toy cat across the stage
- A soft shoe shuffle.
- A prostitute whose head lit up every time she had an idea
- Impromptu song numbers
- A panic sign
- The soundtrack to a roadrunner cartoon
- A masked Greek chorus – with a baby (also wearing a mask)
- A witch doctor that comes out of a rolling closet that has a giant eye painted in neon colours.
- Product placement for the other shows (you can imagine that with a play like this the season’s not selling out)
And in the ultimate bit of strangeness, a giant penguin walks on stage – for no reason whatsoever. Or only clue to his purpose was a sign reading “Just for the Critics”. Victoria and I nearly died.
It was one of the most – uh – interesting – plays I’ve ever seen. Actually Victoria and I had a blast, but it’s questionable whether we were laughing with them or laughing at them. I just wish Colin had been with us to see the guy in the penguin suit walk across the stage.
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