In the first few minutes of Three Men in a Boat, three upper-class twits make a promise: the show we’re about to see is utterly devoid of merit or intellectual sustenance, and exists strictly and exclusively to entertain.
And as they venture up the Thames, they do just that, filling the hour with clockwork-choreography movement, tightly-written scenes, lovely teamwork, and recurring musical elements. Three Men (based on a real period travelogue) is an hour-deep pocket full of Wildean humour, and will tickle you in places you didn’t know you had funny bones.
Continue reading 2016 Next Stage Theatre Festival Review: Three Men in a Boat (Pea Green Theatre)
Nothing pains me more than seeing a show that I struggle to understand. I felt like I could find the questions in this play but was left without the answers.