By Georges Feydeau
Translated by Braham Murray and Robert Cogo-Fawcett
Translated by Braham Murray and Robert Cogo-Fawcett
Directed by Matthew Lloyd
27 June - 11 August

Monsieur Pontagnac adores women – respectable, married women especially. He cannot help but pursue them through the streets of Paris. His latest quarry, Lucienne, is proving more than a match: not only is she wooed by other suitors, she is his best friend’s wife, and worse, faithful to her husband. The esteemed Monsieur Vatelin would never give her cause to break her marriage vows would he? Secret assignations and rising passions lead all parties to a night of surprise and scandal at the racy Hotel Ultimus.

In Feydeau’s sparkling farce, Paris is the capital of stylish chic and uncontrollable lust. Husbands and wives, lovers and mistresses, are all in mad pursuit of pleasure with only one rule – don’t get caught in flagrante delicto.

Feydeau is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme masters of the farce. In THE FALL GUY he puts men and women and their marriage vows to the test – through a dizzying series of chance meetings, misunderstandings, complications and betrayals. This is brilliantly polished and very sexy comedy played at breakneck pace and carried to the height of hysterical perfection.

REVIEWS

'GLORIOUS' The Guardian

'HILARIOUS' The Metro

'An enjoyable summer frolic' The Guardian

'As diverting.. as a glass of champagne on a summer's evening' The
Manchester Evening News

' A stylish production' The Guardian

'Classy - quintessential farce from an acknowledged master' The Metro

CAST LIST

LUCIENNE VATELIN     RACHEL PICKUP

CREPIN VATELIN     DAVID FIELDER

PONTAGNAC     CHOOK SIBTAIN

Mme PONTAGNAC + hotel guest     DEBORAH CORNELIUS

ERNEST REDILLON     BEN PORTER

GUDRUN SOLDIGNAC     KATY CARMICHAEL

SOLDIGNAC + hotel guest     MORGAN GEORGE

PINCHARD     JOHN RINGHAM

Mme PINCHARD     AMANDA BOXER

ARMANDINE + hotel guest     LEXI STRAUSS

HOTEL MANAGER + GEROME + 2^{nd SUPERINTENDENT     JOHN SOUTHWORTH}

JEAN + VICTOR + 1st SUPERINTENDENT     GARETH ABEL

CLARA + POLICE CONSTABLE     ADELE PARRY

Director     Matthew Lloyd

Designer     Ashley Martin-Davis

Lighting     Jason Taylor

Sound     Scott Myers

Company Manager     Louise Tischler

Stage Manager     Mike Draper

Deputy Stage Manage    r Lisa Williams

Assistant Stage Manager     Ben Willets