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BOEING, BOEING!
Bournemouth Little Theatre Club
Little Theatre
Jameson Road, Winton
Bournemouth
May 2003

THERE’S nothing like a really good comedy to take people out of themselves for a couple of hours, and even a few persistent sweet-wrapper rustlers failed to spoil the first-night joy of this production for very long.
Marc ‘Don’t Dress For Dinner’ Camoletti’s 1962 play, translated by Beverley Cross, is brilliantly constructed and has stood the test of time well. It centres around Bernard (the ever-excellent Lee Tilson), his three air-hostess fiancées, an eccentric maid (a splendidly daffy Tess Hutton) and his newly-arrived bachelor friend Robert, who is soon anxious for a piece of whatever action there may be.
David Weeks’ skilled direction sets the fast pace perfectly and brings out the best in his entire cast, showing genuine teamwork in action.
Mike Satchell is simply wonderful as the hitherto-bashful Robert, caught in the melee that ensues when the girls’ changed flights cause each of them to arrive home early and learn of the others’ existence.
And there are lovely performances too from the girls: Vicky Fludgate as the American Janet (although the accent occasionally muffled her words a little), Rachel Mason as French Jacqueline and especially Denise Nippard as a slightly scary German fraulein, Judith. And I just loved the lava lamp.

Linda Kirkman
Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo.

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