ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

by RICHARD BEAN

22 MARCH – 15 APRIL 2023

“I haven’t eaten since last night, I don’t get paid until next week, and I can’t stop thinking about CHIPS.”

Francis Henshall is sooooo hungry. He’s also unemployed. He needs a job, pronto.

Stuck in the seedy and slightly disreputable English seaside town of Brighton, an opportunity arises to become ‘minder’ to an East-End gangster, Roscoe Crabbe, who’s travelled down from London to reclaim a debt from his fiancée’s dad.

At the same time, never letting an opportunity go begging, Francis is also running errands around town for a posh twit named Stanley Stubbers.

Two guvnors, two paydays, two meal tickets. All he needs to do is keep them from discovering each other. What could possibly go wrong?

Acclaimed playwright Richard Bean has relocated the action to the swinging 60s and channeled the classic humour of Ealing comedies, Carry On films and Fawlty Towers, to bring fresh life to Carlo Goldoni’s 18th century Italian farce, The Servant of Two Masters.

This hilarious romp is a glorious celebration of the best of British comedy, a laugh-out-loud mix of satire, slapstick, skiffle music and sparkling one-liners.

After a few years of darkness, the future may finally be looking a little brighter.

“A riotous delight…Absolute bliss” The Telegraph, UK

cast

Naser Ali, Eliva, Tristan Black
Amy Victoria Brooks, Joe Clements
Patrick Cullen, Anna Dooley
Angus Evans, Patricio Ibarra
Eleanor Ryan, Angharad Wise 

band

Georgia Condon, Georgia Drewe
Matt Forbes

tickets

Full $35
Concessions, Groups (6+) $30
New Theatre Members $22
Thrifty Thursdays $22
Preview $20

COVID- Safe protocols:
QR code and vaccination checks are no longer required.
Face masks are not mandatory, but recommended.