Get ready to be transported back to the Roaring Twenties with 'The Drowsy Chaperone'! We are greeted in the present day by the narrator, feeling a little blue and putting on a favourite record to cheer up; the original cast recording of a fictional 1928 musical, The Drowsy Chaperone.
As the needle touches the record, Vale Musical Society catapults us from a humdrum kitchen into a play-within-a-play on Broadway. Crammed with Vaudevillian slapstick, this musical comedy follows the impending wedding of an oil tycoon hopelessly in love with a Broadway starlet who is willing to give up her career for marriage, much to the consternation of her harried producer. The engaged couple are surrounded by a bumbling best man, clueless wealthy hostess, ditzy wannabe starlet, Latin lothario, tipsy chaperone, goofy gangsters, and glamorous aviatrix, so there is something for everyone.
Throughout the show, the narrator interjects with encyclopaedic commentary on the musical weโre watching and the fictional cast playing each character, until real life rudely interrupts the fun.
Why does ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง think you should come and see the funniest, award-winning show that youโve never heard of? "๐โ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ฆ ๐ถโ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ is a brilliant construct - a great comedy, in the middle of a glorious musical. You have to remember that we are on a journey through Man In Chairโs mind, and weโre seeing the show as he imagines it, as heโs never even seen it. Itโs so meta!โ
Winning 5 Tony awards on Broadway, it's one of musical theatreโs best-kept secrets... until now.
๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ, says there's something for everyone: "Set in the Roaring Twenties, this show is dripping with glamour, crammed with Vaudevillian comedy and energised by Charleston dances, not to mention a spectacular tap routine."
Book now to see the fourth wall come crashing down in this hilarious show, playing at the Dembe Theatre, Tring, 6-10 May including a BSL signed performance on opening night.
https://dembetheatre.org/whatson/the-drowsy-chaperone