"The Mystery of Irma Vep" Mini-Review

Review of ATC’s Production of The Mystery of Irma Vep

by Marc Hansen

ATC’s production of The Mystery of Irma Vep is funny, random, and a total crowd pleaser. It’s not very high brow - a lot of the jokes are sexual, crude and/or over the top, yet it’s still more sophisticated than the raunchy, potty jokes of our modern Hangover type comedies. Yet surprisingly, the typically older, more mature theatre crowd responded really well to the humor. That’s probably due to the dedication of the actors, Bob Sorenson and Oliver Wadsworth, who were hilarious and became so enveloped into their many characters that they made the ridiculousness somehow work.

Grade: B

And that's all for this season, folks! See you next year!