VOSBURGH and King's piece is an affectionate and silly transplantation of Moliere's The Imaginary Cuckold to 1940s Hollywood, complete with characters based on Mae West, WC Fields, Abbott and Costello and Jimmy Durante.
Andrew Close's simple and polished production keeps the drama going between songs and gags, but really, this is a laugh riot.
A misunderstanding leads to affections going astray as subplots and flashbacks mount, but musical and humorous punctuation means all ends well.
A delightfully avuncular Harold Smith as gently-snarling Bogle, teams brilliantly with Heliene Godding's vampish wife Faye. Godding brings us a fabulous portrait, and her rendition of The Banana For My Pie is, well, -- just go and see it.
Mark Leigh excels as Ray Bagalucci, the father eager to marry off daughter Anna (Helen Price Aindow). Aindow is sheer class, with a lovely performance of The Joke's On Me.
As the love of Anna's life, John Whitehead as Danny marvellously evokes the chiselled innocence of movies like On The Town, and delivers My All American Gal beautifully.
Rick Sykes and Dave Pollard as Skip and Willoughby had the audience choking with laughter, and Pollard's I Only Dig That Jive duet with the superb Sue Bamford (as Trudy McClure) was a classic.
With solid support from Jean Smith and Cecilia Unsworth, and a stellar turn on the ivories from Danny Robins, this is THE most fun in Bolton right now.
A Saint She Ain't, Bolton Little Theatre.
Runs until December 6
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