The Big Shoe review. King's Head Theatre. April13th - 18th
By Catherine BalavageA cracking one act comedy.
A well directed, superbly acted comedy romp.
The play, about a down on his luck tramp called Stanley, is set in Brighton and is told in merely one act. When Tim, a hapless Londoner who has come to Brighton for a conference asks Stanley for directions the twists and turns of the night lead to chaos, mayhem and illegal activity. With a well written, tight script the play runs at a very good pace reaching to a satisfying conclusion. All of the audience loved this play. The writing is golden. I was a fan of the writers , Warren Drew's, previous work, The Common Good. So I did expect good things.
It has some cracking one liners including this: 'Tim - UK Gold is now called Dave...because everyone knows someone called Dave. Stanley - They should have called it c***. Everyone knows one of them!'
So perhaps to not go if you are easily offended. If however, you want to see a cracking play that you will laugh all the way through then go see this when it transfers to the West End.
Leaves you wanting more.
Four stars.




