BMDS To Present ‘Boeing Boeing’ Production
The Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society aims to take comedy to new heights with its latest production, Boeing Boeing.
A spokesperson said, “The show, a seven-door farce set in 1960s Paris, focuses on a bachelor named Bernard, played by Geoffrey Faiella, as he attempts to manage relationships with three stewardesses, portrayed by Lucy Russell, Kate Farmer and Allie Zuckerman, each of whom believes they are engaged to him.
“The house of cards threatens to crumble when all three fiancees arrive at his flat on the same day, leaving him, his housekeeper, Berthe [Donna Nicholson], and his beleaguered school friend, Robert [Gregg Smith], to keep them apart.”
Robbie Godfrey, the show’s director, said: “The premise of the play came about when commercial airline travel was transitioning from propeller-driven aircraft into the jet age.
“Marc Camoletti, the playwright, was spitballing about what would happen, now that people were travelling so much quicker to somebody who was a player like this guy.”
Mr Godfrey said he was drawn to the challenge of staging a farce, which require a rapid pace and dead-on timing.
“The technicality of the show was quite appealing, but it also gives people an opportunity to be in something that really is a lot of fun, something they can really grab hold of,” he said.
“It will be non-stop laughter. It’s going to be an absolute hoot. If the actors have not left the stage absolutely exhausted, I have told them they have not done their job.
“It’s an incredible situational comedy with high stakes. At every point, just when you think it can’t get worse, it gets worse.”
Mr Godfrey said that the rehearsals were progressing well, with the cast and crew showing that they are up to the challenge.
He said: “Because it is so technical, everybody has to be really on point to make sure that things run smoothly.
“We have been absolutely thrilled by the amount of interest that a play like this has pulled in even though it is relatively unknown in the farce genre to most people.
“We have unfortunately had to turn down a number of people who wanted to be involved, but there is always something on down here, so that should not dissuade anyone who wants to get involved in theatre.”
A spokesperson added, “Boeing Boeing will be performed at Daylesford Theatre from April 23 to May 2. Tickets are available now at Ptix.bm/Boeing.”
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