Mrs Rittenhouse BRITTA SMITH
Arabella Rittenhouse SARAH REDMOND
Hives KEVIN QUARMBY
Rosco Chandler JAMES SMITH
Mrs Whitehead SUE HOLLAND
John Parker RHASHAN STONE
The Troupe of a Thousand Disguises ERIC MACLENNAN, MAC MACPHERSON,
GAIL GHISLAINE SIXSMITH,
SUSAN SWANTON, MILTOS YEROLEMOU
Captain Spalding BEN KEATON
Emmanuel Ravelli JOSEPH ALESSI
The Professor TOBY SEDGWICK
Violinist TONY BANKS
Clarinet/Saxophone ROB BUCKLAND
Keyboards CHRIS JORDAN

Directors EMIL WOLK, GREGORY HERSOV
Designer DAVID SHORT
Lighting VINCE HERBERT
Sound STEVE BROWN
Musical Director/Arranger CHRIS JORDAN

'Delightful adaptation of the great Marx Brothers film, full of wisecracks and often inspired comic business. Terrific performances from Ben Keaton (Groucho), Toby Sedgwick (Harpo). The whole production fizzes.'
Charles Spencer The Daily Telegraph

'...here is an unbridled tearaway hit of a show...It zips along at a tremendous lick, a feast of inspired funny business as snappy as anything the cinema could devise...At the centre of it all is Ben Keaton as Groucho...A virtuoso performance. Joseph Alessi is a scene-stealing, hectoring, tireless Chico and Toby Sedgwick an athletic, beautifully-observed Harpo - and, to my taste, funnier than the original.'
Gerry Dempsey Daily Express

'I haven't laughed so uncontrollably for a long time...Beautifully designed by David Short and lit by Vince Herbert, the show combines this company's gift for elegant classics with Emil Wolk's unique, outrageously grotesque physical humour...there's something for everyone and the sheer theatrical skill is overwhelming - approaching a justification for the company's claim to be the national theatre of the north.'
Robin Thornber The Guardian