The show starts with a projection poorly shone onto the back wall; ‘Lie Back And Think Of Sodom’. The projector, as the show starts, suffers from a few issues. It is the sort of issue that one can forgive due to their tiny tech, but still makes one shudder with fear that this will be a sloppy production. It is a fear unrealised, thank God.Sodom, written by the Earl of Rochester, is an obscene verse comedy about the fall of the infamous city. Set in a sort of political bureau, all the suited men wear bright red and lacy jockstraps over their clothing whilst the women’s suit blazers cover erotic underwear. There is a bard who sings the Vengaboyz and hides in a filing cabinet. In one scene an office worker spends the entire time chewing on a dildo like it is a corn on the cob. The entire play is an explosion of obscenity and vulgarity, and I loved every single second. From the drunk Irish civil servant who gave the audience lapdances to the sexually frustrated queen played with pain and hilarity, the entire cast embraced the sheer insanity and sexuality of their text and turned what could have been an exceedingly awkward experience into a hilarious show.It is all the better for the fact these actors and actresses managed to take an often obscene stream of rhyming couplets and make it both beautiful and understandable. They had an exceptional grasp of what they were saying and there was never a moment on stage in which a single cast member did not look utterly involved in the performance. It was slick and incredibly well directed, and whilst not the finest set or technical design, it is a show so bawdy and well done that you must get your ticket. NOW.
