You know you're in the midst of a really great show when the whole theatre audience
is laughing as one at the hilarious antics they are witnessing up on that stage
Directed by Lindsey Bishop, Spirit Level is set in a cosy cottage in the English countryside complete with Persian carpets and heavy drapes; but it is the beautifully painted set that allows the audience a three-dimensional view through the French doors where we can almost smell the climbing roses as they amble across the low stone garden wall.
The play opens with famous crime writer Jack Cameron and his wife Susie who, after drowning in a tragic boating accident, return to haunt the cottage where they once lived.
Played with a sound hand by Little Theatre stalwarts Edward Carleton-Holmes and Madeleine Howard, their ghostly makeup was reminiscent of the silent-film era but their droll performances were anything but quiet.
They were very funny; like a bickering couple from a 1970s English sitcom, they were so comfortable with each other and their comedic timing throughout the whole play and delivery of zingy one-liners was absolutely spot on.