Bags of innuendo in seaside comedy

Trusted article source icon
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Profile image for Grimsby Telegraph

Grimsby Telegraph

THE Class Act Adults return to the stage with their familiar bawdy humour and as they depart on holiday once more, it is not their baggage but the innuendo that is in excess.

The introduction in the programme openly admits this is not compelling theatre and David Wrightam's script will certainly not appeal to those of a serious or nervous disposition.

  1. Bare cheek:  The final showing of Class Act's Sun, Sea, Sand And Crabs 4 will take place at Parkway Cleethorpes tonight, from 8pm.

    Bare cheek: The final showing of Class Act's Sun, Sea, Sand And Crabs 4 will take place at Parkway Cleethorpes tonight, from 8pm.

It is a return to the days of seaside saucy postcard humour, which as this summer's events in Cleethorpes reminded us, remains as controversial as in the 1950s.

This fourth outing of Sun, Sea, Sand And Crabs follows the now well-trodden path of a group of British holidaymakers staying at a tacky Spanish hotel.

Business Cards From Only £10.95 Delivered www.myprint-247.co.uk

myprint-247

View details

Print voucher

Our heavyweight cards have FREE UV silk coating, FREE next day delivery & VAT included. Choose from 1000's of pre-designed templates or upload your own artwork. Orders dispatched within 24hrs.

Terms: Visit our site for more products: Business Cards, Compliment Slips, Letterheads, Leaflets, Postcards, Posters & much more. All items are free next day delivery. www.myprint-247.co.uk

Contact: 01858 468192

Valid until: Friday, May 31 2013

Once more, we meet a range of characters that, if you were unfortunate enough to encounter them, would probably leave you vowing never to venture on holiday again.

They include a group of merry widows, a party of thrill-seeking girls, a mother and son at war, an archetypal mother-in-law, an outing of depressives and a honeymooning gay couple.

Add to this mix a lecherous barman played by Rob Bishop, with just the right touch of toe curling nausea, and an upper-crust holiday rep, to which Lora Jones brings joyous enthusiasm.

They may be on holiday, but they didn't forget to pack their troubles or prejudices and these bubble nicely beneath the surface whilst spiked drinks and practical jokes involving Viagra provide plenty of mayhem.

Equally in abundance is the bare-cheek humour and, for that matter, the bare cheeks of flesh, but Stephen Campbell goes one stage further and, without the aid of a fig leaf, unveils the fully monty.

The final production of Sun, Sea, Sand And Crabs 4 will take place tonight, from 8pm. It is suitable for over 14s only. Tickets are available on the door or by calling 01472 290100.

Trevor Ekins

0
Tweet this article
Report

Comments

  • Profile image for cathjenkins

    by cathjenkins

    Thursday, November 15 2012, 2:17PM

    “that happens with age, get used to it!”

  • Profile image for trot82

    by trot82

    Thursday, November 15 2012, 2:16PM

    “Yeah.. "tried" being the key word. General thoughts in the town are the man is loosing it!”

  • Profile image for cathjenkins

    by cathjenkins

    Thursday, November 15 2012, 2:14PM

    “at least he has tried to write something for people to enjoy”

  • Profile image for spongebob77

    by spongebob77

    Thursday, November 15 2012, 2:01PM

    “my thoughts exactly lol! and i have a friend who saw the show and said it was benidorm just not as funny”

  • Profile image for trot82

    by trot82

    Thursday, November 15 2012, 1:17PM

    “Seriously? Descripion is of ITVs series Benidorm - all the characters mentioned are from that programme, he hasn't written this. Like most of the articles I read about, each show is an imitation of some other well known tv series/film. How does he get away with it?”

        Your comments awaiting moderation

        Be the first to comment

        max 4000 characters
         
         
         
         
         
         

        Tell us about your area

        Got some interesting news? Write about it and let your whole community know.

          Write an article