Saturday 22 January 2011

Medical mayhem at the Dolman Theatre

There's nothing like a good laugh to banish the post-Christmas blues, and 'Nil by Mouth' by John Chapman, which has been at the Dolman Theatre this week is just the right medicine to cheer anyone up.
The play is set in the fictional hospital of  St Christopher’s on a busy Saturday morning. Everything usually runs like clockwork but on this weekend a government inspector visits and things go hilariously - wrong thanks to under-staffing and confusion over which patient is which.

The cast is brilliant, the timing perfect, and the audience lapped it up. It's the last two performances today - at 2.30 and 7.15 - so if you get a chance go out and treat yourself to a great evening at the theatre.

The photo shows Patients Hilary Keats (John Sheen) and William Graham (Graeme Johnson) receive the very best professional healthcare from the hospital staff: Sister Downing (Elaine Hodgson), Nurse Layton (Jocelyn Guy), Sister Roughton (Caroline Drewett-Mansell), and Nurse Dolores (Fran Keirle).