If I’d seen who was involved in this I would never have chosen to go – Steve Coogan, mostly known for some tedious television thing, played Peter Sellers. Thankfully I didn’t buy the tickets so had no idea.
Stage adaptations of films are always hard. It was partly adapted by Armando Iannucci, mostly known for being hard to spell. Iannucci is a good writer, his other recent well-known work being The Death Of Stalin, and while it’s a great many years since I last saw the original film of Dr. Strangelove, what he’s done with it does, I think, a good job of adapting it to the stage.
The only real let-down was the fake guffaws from some in the audience. Yes, it’s a funny show, but learn to laugh like a normal human. It’s on at least until the end of January, and I recommend that you go.
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