There is no need to go the bar for a drink when you go to 'Allo, 'Allo at Didcot Civic Hall. The auditorium is transformed into a French café with table service by Rene and Mimi.
This is a superb production by the Didcot Pheonix Drama Group with excellent performances by all of the cast. The stage management is skilful with two small additional side stages accommodating the non-cafe scenes. Those of us over 20 are likely to remember the television series on which this is based. The characters are remarkably authentic. You could almost believe that they had stepped out of the original 1980's comedy. All the familiar catch phrases are there- not forgetting the execrable accent of Crabtree, the gendarme.
Rene, the hapless café owner, must juggle with the demands of the conquering Germans, the Resistance, and hiding British airmen whilst pacifying his wife, Edith. He also has to contend with the affections of waitresses Yvette, Mimi and Lieutenant Gruber.
Two large sausages, 'The fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies' and a wireless disguised as a cockatoo in a cage all appear in the first half, which has double entendres galore. In the equally hilarious second half, the plot becomes ever more complicated. It includes exploding Dutch cheeses, a suspender belt armed with mouse traps and a blow up rubber Adolf Hitler doll.
This production is well worth going to Didcot to see and will appeal to all ages. Unfortunately, it only runs until the evening of Saturday 23rd September.
This is a superb production by the Didcot Pheonix Drama Group with excellent performances by all of the cast. The stage management is skilful with two small additional side stages accommodating the non-cafe scenes. Those of us over 20 are likely to remember the television series on which this is based. The characters are remarkably authentic. You could almost believe that they had stepped out of the original 1980's comedy. All the familiar catch phrases are there- not forgetting the execrable accent of Crabtree, the gendarme.
Rene, the hapless café owner, must juggle with the demands of the conquering Germans, the Resistance, and hiding British airmen whilst pacifying his wife, Edith. He also has to contend with the affections of waitresses Yvette, Mimi and Lieutenant Gruber.
Two large sausages, 'The fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies' and a wireless disguised as a cockatoo in a cage all appear in the first half, which has double entendres galore. In the equally hilarious second half, the plot becomes ever more complicated. It includes exploding Dutch cheeses, a suspender belt armed with mouse traps and a blow up rubber Adolf Hitler doll.
This production is well worth going to Didcot to see and will appeal to all ages. Unfortunately, it only runs until the evening of Saturday 23rd September.