Writer and director Paul Hendy’s Edinburgh Fringe hit resurrects three of British comedy’s best-loved funny men; Tommy Copper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse.
True, the last on that list was never as loved or as funny as the first two but in this nostalgic hark back to if not a golden era then at least to some of our most gilded comedians, Monkhouse serves as an essential part of many a routine – that of the straight man.
The slightly spooky conceit sets the action in what we soon infer is the great dilapidated provincial dressing room in the sky. Black and white portraits of comedy greats adorn the stained walls, among them Arthur Askey, George Formby and Max Miller. At the make-up mirror, however, sits a man in his vest, pants and a red fez.
