Loosely based on the plays of Plautus a bawdy fast-paced raunchy comedy musical from one of the world's most influential and innovative creators of musical theatre. Pseudolus a simpering slave is trying to win his own freedom by cooking up a romance for his master's son Hero with the pretty young virgin Philia. But there's a problem - not only is Philia is owned by Marcus Lycus an infamous courtesan dealer but she's also already promised to swaggering soldier Miles Gloriosus... and neither of them are keen to give her up.
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A Funny Thing... ran for three years on Broadway. The first British production starring Frankie Howerd as the cowardly slave Pseudolus ran almost as long and spawned the TV series Up Pompeii!
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'the funniest bawdiest and most enchanting musical that Plautus with a little help from Stephen Sondheim Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart ever wrote' New York Times
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'spectacularly generous when it comes to the gags... one of the most exuberant opening numbers ever penned... The comic plot never stops boiling in a show that creates mounting farcical mayhem with rare precision... a brilliantly crafted hit... preposterously enjoyable' Daily Telegraph
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'a brilliant synthesis of stock characters from Plautus... a vertiginously funny show' Guardian
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'simply irresistible... blissfully hilarious... a glorious gag-fest... A delirium of good clean filthy fun... a cornucopia of delight' Independent
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'gloriously mischievous' The Times
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'delightful... just sit back and enjoy it' Financial Times
