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I just loved Phil in this show and thought that he was just so goof at comedy.
A very clever set and use of props to show the motion of the train and great performances from the rest of the cast especially Paul Leonard and Loveday Smith.
Back to Phil, I really wasn�t sure how good he would be at comedy, having not seen him do an all out comedy before but he does have really great comic timing and it�s something that he is really good at.
He�s really busy during the show playing five different characters with two seen regularly and the characters range from the young to an old man and at one point even playing a woman.
It�s as Mrs Bottomley that Phil is his funniest, he�s only on stage as this character for a couple of minutes but he is fantastic and he looked like he was having a blast at this point.
Another funny character is Mr Ruddock, again not on stage for long. Mr Ruddock was the bumbling official who was meant to be in charge but I think the reality is that he wasn�t.
I think the reason why the two characters I have mentioned worked so well is the appearances were short and snappy but that�s not to say that the other characters didn�t work or weren�t funny as they were. The other characters were Sergeant Wilson, Harry Crump and Dan Taylor � Dan being the old man who was, I suppose, in his 60�s and Phil was convincing as he had the old man�s walk and mannerisms down really well.
It�s just a pity that the show didn�t tour for longer so more people could have seen it as it was an inventive production.
Well done to all involved.
Phil Reed Fan
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