Played out before an intimate audience at the Warren Theatre during Brighton’s Fringe Festival, The Hangover Cure, produced and written by the extremely talented Adam Hannigan, Ear to Ear Productions.
This production, as a University project has exerted the acting abilities of the cast to their best, with a high collective mix of sexual, near the bone, comedy.
The main characters, Conor (Adam Hannigan), Charlie (Tiffany Robinson) and Genivieve (Amy Rose Brown)are fabulous and have a successful career ahead of them.
The comical genius that is the works of Adam Hannigan echoes throughout the whole play. Despite the up-tight and erratic character of Genivieve comedy still shines through.
It is chirpy Charlie’s (Robinson) first day in her new job at the diner. After being introduced to her all singing, all dancing new boss, Charlie then encounters the dismal yet entertaining, Conor (Hannigan) her delightful new co-worker. However, despite Charlie’s enthusiasm, the feeling is not mutual!
Suffering what appears to be the hangover from hell, Conor prefers to sink into the shaded depths of sleep.
Now the action begins!
With laughter echoing through the crowd the performance progresses and shall we say climaxes? Charlie’s one-night stand is relayed back to Conor, the wistful lover whose love is sadly, no more. Sexual connotations zooming through the theatre, laughter erupts as in the midst of the sexual tension Conor lashes out at Charlie, not once, not twice but three times. Due to the absence of any love in his life, Conor hangs on every detail.
Speaking on the morning after, the night before, Charlie, in true all action form gives the run down of her student rondevou, much to Conor’s somewhat delight.
What would student days be without a scandal, right? So waste no time in meeting Charlie’s lovers’ uptight and highly maintained girlfriend Genivieve (Brown). As the truth begins to twist and turn, with no truth being revealed. Scandal continues as Genivieve, a good Christian girl reveals that she is the one hiding the biggest secret. She reveals to the audience that she is a lesbian and has had an encounter with Charlie’s boss, too confusing? Just go see the play for yourself!
Conor exerts comedy to its finest. The great thing about the comical aspect is that the similarities between this character and Adam’s own persona are epic.
This is one of the best theatre productions I have seen, I was entertained for the whole hour, from the comical and sexual undertones to the twist and turns of the tale. I would love to see this play produced on a bigger scale and for a wider audience to experience the laughter and love of the characters.
Good luck in the pursuit of success.
Michaela Clarke 