Tadpole Productions' commitment to bringing professional theatre to the Takapuna Pumphouse comes with the bonus of an unusual selection of plays.
It is surprising that Neil Simon's vast repertoire is hardly ever staged in New Zealand. He is regarded as America's most successful playwright and his work will be familiar to local audiences through TV or movie adaptations of Broadway hits such as The Odd Couple and Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Last of the Red Hot Lovers is a Tony Award-winning play from 1969 in which he serves up an ironic view of the sexual revolution as seen through the eyes of a respectable restaurateur who is trying to stave off a mid-life crisis by having a once-in-a-lifetime stab at marital infidelity.
His ham-fisted attempts to get a taste of life on the wild side take place in his mother's spotlessly maintained apartment and must be scheduled to fit a brief window of opportunity when his mother is out doing charity work.
