Balancing Act: The highly acclaimed farce One Man Two Guvnors comes to Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne

An 87-year-old trainee waiter with balance problems and a permanently hungry skiffle musician are set to enchant Eastbourne this summer as the Devonshire Park Theatre presents a new production of the Richard Bean juggernaut comedy One Man Two Guvnors from 29 June – 22 July.

There will be mirth and merriment guaranteed with this Eastbourne premiere of the hilarious comedy which transferred from the National Theatre to become a West-End and Broadway smash hit starring James Corden.

Take a dash of pantomime, add a whiff of music hall, multiply by lunacy, divide by full on farce, and you have a plot which is as ludicrous as it is hilarious. Pure comic bliss.

It’s 1963. Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from the dad of his fiancée. But Roscoe is really his twin sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother who has been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.

A dash of pantomime, add a whiff of music hall, multiply by lunacy, divide by full on farce

Holed up at The Cricketers Arms, Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police for killing Roscoe and waiting to be reunited with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple. Sort of.

Based on the classic Italian comedy The Servant Of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, and adapted by prizewinning playwright Richard Bean, with original songs and music by Grant Olding.

This new production of One Man, Two Guvnors opens at Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park Theatre on Thursday 29 June and plays until Saturday 22 July with nightly performances from Tuesday to Saturday at 7.45pm and Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm.

To book call the box office now on 01323 412000 or online eastbournetheatres.co.uk