Charley's Aunt — Feb 21 - Mar 1, 2025

“CHARLEY’S AUNT” a Victorian Farce

By Brandon Thomas, adapted by Paul Thain

Oscar Wilde, perhaps, set the standard when it came to witty sophisticated Period Comedy, especially with his very successful play, “The Importance of being Earnest”, and this is a similar rollicking comedy.

Once again it features the ‘possible’ love life of young couples as they negotiate the allowed courtship of the period, and the acceptable dalliances therein. Complications arise when the chaperone fails to appear, causing one of the funniest early ‘cross-dressing’ situations to be seen on stage. Confusion, passion, intrigue and innuendo abound in this very funny two act comedy set in the rooms and grounds of a prestigious college, with the butler/valet facilitating the entire catastrophe.