The Last Laugh - Windsor Royal Theatre

Last night Merrilyn and I has a rare night off (thanks Gary for the last minute call to duty) and went to the Theatre to see The Last Laugh. It's a comedy featuring Martin Freeman (The Office, Love Actually) and Roger Lloyd Pack (The Vicar of Dibley, Doc Martin).

The Theatre is a short stroll from our home past the Castle. We had circle seats that gave us an expansive view of the stage. Although the circle seats are on a rather steep angle so you need to careful squeezing past those already in their seats.

I thoroughly enjoyed the show. It was a hilarious comedy based on the interplay between a comedy playwright and a stern government Censor. Martin plays the playwright and I found his wit and timing to be almost irresistible. I was laughing aloud by the middle of the first Act; receiving some glances from the seats around me. But hey - that's what this show was all about. Roger plays the Censor who is a military officer drafted into the position. He starts of very stern and rather humourless insisting on many changes and rewrites to the script. Including that the lead be changed from Romeo (a-la Romeo & Juliet) to King Henry V, that there be a cameo including the police superintendent replete with a government sanctioned spiel about taxes and appropriate behaviour! We could also recognise references to other comedies such as Python.

Walking back home we talked of how lucky we are to live here and to have shows such as this only 10 minutes walk away. Today - booked the Goodies show featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden.