Review by: Paul Towers, 06 February 2019
The Barn Ultimatum by Tom Allsopp
Upstairs @ The Western, 6th February 2019
“a gloriously bonkers story"
What would happen if Chicken Run was crossed with Animal
Farm? The Barn Ultimatum is what would happen.
This gloriously bonkers story is of a group of animals who,
after 20,000 years, have finally twigged exactly why humans feed them and give
them clean straw for their beds. Meat.
Cow, chicken and pig get together to try and find out what
is going on. Pig definitely knows something is afoot. Chicken is running around
like she is headless and cow accuses pig of being paranoid and coming up with
ridiculous ‘cowspiracy’ theories.
Of course all is finally revealed in an equally daft denouement.
The bright and witty script is littered with animal based puns
and the tight cast of three (no names available, unfortunately) create mayhem
culminating in a fabulously camp fight
Tom Allsop has created an animal world worthy of Glen Larson at his most bizarre. A hoot from
start to finish with a suitably weird soundtrack.
The Barn Ultimatum is the first of Upstairs at the Western’s
Leicester Comedy Festival shows on over the next 19 days. Most days have two
shows, some have three. The website contains the most uptodate listing.
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