There was a good turnout at The People's Theatre for the latest production "Cleo, Camping" writes your arts correspondent. The anticipation of lots of "ooh matron!" jokes proved to be too much for one young theatre-goer. After a pre-theatre meal at The Corner House interspersed with watching the buses go by, Matthew Ansell (aged 2) was taken home by mother Helen for an early night. As YAC settled into his seat, he overheard a lad in the row behind reading from the programme notes: "Infamy, infamy, everyone's got it infamy!" YAC has a very mature sense of humour and naturally didn't think this was funny at all.
The play was set in Sid James' caravan during the filming of various "Carry On" films. There was an amusing performance by the actor playing Kenneth Williams. Despite expectations, the carry-on jokes were rather thin on the ground, and the play focused on the sometimes tortuous relationship between Sid James and Barbara Windsor.
However lest readers are disappointed by the lack of gags, YAC is delighted to report that fellow theatre-goer Katrina Pescott has a stack of them at her disposal. Here's one to keep you chortling through the long winter nights:
"Doctor, doctor, I'm frightened of lapels."
"Hm, this sounds like cholera."