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By Jeeves, All Saints Dramatic Society, De La Salle Theatre, Southbourne.

WOW what a show!! By Jeeves had me laughing from beginning to end.  Director Peter Nunan made this comedy sparkle and shine.

Being English is great. We have Morris Dancers, we laugh at ourselves and even more so at the Americans, we honour strange pagan-inspired traditions and we have the ‘English Country Garden’. In addition, England lays claim to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alan Ayckbourn and P. G. Wodehouse. By Jeeves takes all of these factors and whips them up into a hilarious, lively and refreshingly silly piece of theatre.

Everyone of the cast deserves an individual mention as does the back stage team and the front of house people but I don’t have the space to do that.  All Saints Dramatic Society should be delighted with the enjoyment they gave the audience.  I am amazed that this society are amateurs – I have been to professional shows that were nowhere near as good as this.

Mark Andrews as Jeeves was superb; he played the part with complete conviction making it extremely funny.

Ollie Faulkner as Bertie Wooster was outstanding, his energy throughout was a joy to watch and left me breathless.  Well done All Saints, I can’t wait for the next show.

Lyn Richell

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