Review: The Play Festival That Goes Wrong by Fylde Coast Players at Lowther Pavilion

The audience chuckled as everything that could go wrong, does go wrong… and all at the same time.

There are telephone bells which will not stop, altercations with the prompter, lighting cues which are mistimed, together with exasperated shouts from the producer, costume malfunctions and collapsing furniture.

Here some of the leading players of the past decade - Andy Cooke, Andrea Cave and Glyn Morton – led the way, strongly supported by Paul Lomax, Emily Cartmell, Jeff Redfern and Kath Greenwood.

The stitched up style of Noel Coward, a murder mystery, domestic drama, an opera and Shakespeare made for entertaining watching as the cast of 21 clearly revelled in each other’s company.

Heather Cartmell’s direction created chaos at just the right times.

Some might wish that the tradition of top quality directing and acting consistently seen from the Society, founded in 1947, might have been celebrated by yet another truly dramatic production, but everyone involved in this summer romp deserves many congratulations.