Stoppard's award-winning comedy features high-wire feats of linguistic daring, allusion, word-play and pastiche. Make sure you catch this wild(ean), intensely entertaining mélange of art, literature, philosophy - and trousers! Read more …
A brain-teasing roller coaster ride for the audience.
In the end, the performance by Mark Elstob takes centre stage in this strong ensemble production that delivers an evening of literary delight.
A suitably wild production.
Director Richard Baron is keenly attuned to both its creative aesthetics and its cerebral discourse, and has created a production which does justice to a much-loved, early Stoppard.
The infuriatingly clever concoction is arguably the very definition of theatrical Marmite, but, whether in whole or in part, Baron and his cast succeeding in making light and entertaining work of Stoppard’s maddening mix.
Tom Stoppard--Travesties
Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry from Thursday June 14, 2018, until Wednesday October 10, 2018. More info: www.pitlochry.org.uk