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What People are saying about 'Coffin Up at this Years Edinburgh Fringe Festival...
SGfringe.com
"Superb directing... first class acting" more
British Theatre Guide
"Beautifully crafted... ingenious... slick, skilful, filled with inventiveness from a highly talented company" more
Fringe Review
"The Company's inventiveness... is a joy to behold. Fast paced, very witty... constantly engaging... Laugh out loud funny" more
Across the Arts
"Expertly directed and performed... Very Clever. Very cool." more
Whatsonstage.com
"Witty, wry.. Tugs at the heartstrings as quickly as it severs them... Macabre and vicious... gleeful slapstick... delicious" more
The Stage
"A physical comedy treat... laughs by the bucket-load" more
The Scotsman
"Impressive... Charming... Brilliantly expressive masks" more
Edfest Mag
"Watching new characters appear on stage brings excitement and delight, with each mask capturing their personalities flawlessly" more
Also, check out what our audience thought of the show at lovefringe.com and edfringe.com
Coffin Up is a black comedy set in the sleepy village of Langsley Abbot, the ‘UK’s Healthiest Village 2011.’ This fast-paced, farcical comedy tells the story of a dastardly undertaker and his quest to make money by whatever means. With mounting bills and a lack of customers can the Undertaker get enough money to keep his business afloat and fulfil his life-long fantasy? However, Doug the undertaker’s apprentice has his suspicions.
Will he put a stop to the undertakers scheming and will he get the girl of his dreams? A fantastical spinning, foldout set creates the backdrop for this tale of greed, deceit, pilfering, insanity, love, flamenco, theft and Morris dancers.
The Village Idiots are an inspired company of mask actors and theatre makers, who met and trained in a small village in Hertfordshire. Formed in 2005 and inspired by Buster Keaton, Jacques Tati and CSI Miami (note the forensic attention to detail) they create entirely non-verbal, highly visual theatre. They possess an innate ability to communicate heart-rending stories exploiting the frailty of the human condition with great pathos and sublime comedy.
Previous Reviews
THE STAGE
...a strong plot laced with oodles of contemporary references and laughs. more...