John Bell unites two of Australia's finest actors to bring to life a classic comedy of Russian theatre, Gogol's The Government Inspector. Darren Gilshenan, star of Bell Shakespeare’s The Servant Of Two Masters and winner of the 2004 Helpmann Award for Best Actor, and William Zappa, star of Marion Potts’ award-winning production of Edward Albee’s The Goat Or Who Is Sylvia?, use their consummate skill and energy to play all nineteen characters in this sharp and hilarious satire, with plenty of physical mayhem.
A searing, wry take on small town politics, the local council at the centre of The Government Inspector is lazy, inefficient and inept — and horrified at the prospect of being exposed when they learn a government inspector is coming to town. But they mistake a down-at-heel playboy for the incoming official — and the games begin.
A dazzling blend of farcical characters and all-too-real situations, Gogol's masterpiece has lost none of its bite. This unflinching send-up of institutional greed, stupidity and sloth is not to be missed.
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