Wednesday 5 February 2020

THEATRE REVIEW: Tweedy and the Missing Company of Sherlock Holmes (Greenwich Theatre)

THEATRE REVIEW: Tweedy and the Missing Company of Sherlock Holmes (Greenwich Theatre)






Fresh from his sell-out pantomime season as Buttons in ‘Cinderella’ at the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, contemporary vaudeville clown, Tweedy (real name Alan Digweed), presents his take on the Great Detective in a tour between January and February 2020.

Tweedy is putting on a large-scale theatre production of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest case – ‘The Monster on the Moor’ (‘Hound of the Baskervilles’). He’s built the set, got the props and booked the theatre for the show. There is only one problem – Tweedy has lost all the actors! He therefore calls on his faithful friend Monsieur Loyal (Tom Bayliss) for help, and together the two of them must solve the mystery of the missing actors and also perform the whole show between the two of them. How hard can that be ?

A family audience was packed into Greenwich Theatre for the matinee performance, which proved to be ‘HOUND – The Panto’, with audience participation (yelling ‘Clue !’ whenever the ‘Clue’ light lit up) and wonderful slapstick and mime performance. I also found myself being accused of being the villain when Tweedy came into the audience. All the children present also seemed to enjoying themselves from start to finish, with only an extended riff on ‘Two Soups’ losing their attention, with many becoming frustrated at his repeated shuffling on and off with plates. I laughed throughout and was disappointed when it ended after just an hour. It was also a surprisingly canonical adaptation of ‘Hound’. Highly recommended.

The production tours to Swindon, Stroud, Cheltenham, Doncaster, and Chipping Norton. Click here for tour dates.



Rating:    (4/5)