New comedy set in a provincial theatre features the comedian in character? some old favourites, some new
The Simon Day Show (Radio 4) is an affable new comedy set in a provincial theatre, The Mallard. It features Day in character ? some old favourites, some new ? performing at the venue. So you get lots of Day: last night he was Yorkshire poet Geoffrey Allerton, reading from his peculiar verse.
It was all odd moments and deadpan delivery. Allerton recalled a phase when he was enthralled by long socks as a child: "When alone I would pull them up higher and higher like stockings, and stare at my reflection in the mirror, not fully understanding what I was."
His father didn't appreciate this behaviour, throwing a jar of Marmite at him and taking "his frustration out on the rhubarb in the garden".
Day also includes some funny glimpses into behind-the-scenes moments at The Mallard. These are fleeting and delicious. We hear a hopeless box office assistant admitting that, yes, they often put the "do not miss" comment on publicity for a show ("especially when it's not selling"), and the manager in meltdown trying to cope with a missing chef ("sorry if the moussaka's a bit tepid"). In the bar, two posh local mums get sloshed as they talk nannies and pelvic floors; Arabella Weir is a treat as the bossy one.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/22/simon-day-show-radio-review
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