Confusions abound at the scandalous Hotel Ultimus when philandering Parisians arrive attempting to both indulge and disguise their infidelity
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School annual West Country summer tour is always a firm favourite on the Artsreach circuit, with sell out performances of David Copperfield, Cold Comfort Farm and Moonfleet in recent years. The tour gives audiences a chance to see students from the world famous school up close and personal at the start of their careers, and this year the talented company tackle Georges Feydeau’s high-spirited romp ‘Sauce For The Goose’.
The plot is simple: Lucienne is being pursued by the married Pontagnac, who is astounded to discover that she is already married to his friend Vatelin. Lucienne has sworn to be faithful as long as her husband remains so too. But then a keen old ‘indiscretion’ of her husband’s arrives with her own husband from Germany in tow. Everyone ends up in the Hotel Ultimus, where the guests include an old army doctor and his deaf wife in Paris to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Beds are swopped, infidelities discovered and everyone’s Goose is cooked good and proper!
Untrustworthy husbands, betrayed wives, artful servants and crazed Germans demonstrate why the “naughty nineties” were so named, as master French farceur Feydeau’s sparkling play switches from riotous farce to barbed social satire.Stuffed with preening characters knitting their legs in sexual frustration, its heady mix of passions, pace and pleasure are the perfect mix for a good night out.
Early booking is advised.
Suitable for ages 12+
Sat 28th June, 7:30pm. Frampton Village Hall. Tel: 07968586906
Sun 39th June, 7:30pm. The Exchange, Sturminster Newton. Tel: 01258 475137
