Lobster Bisque
A smooth, creamy soup of chopped onions, leeks and of course the titular crustacean, unfortunate denizen of the deep sacrificed for the pot, lobster bisque is to be served for entrée, though of course it is not so simple as that, every event preceding from another and so on back to the beginning, the aspirations of Lord Reginald and Lady Catherine Pinchley, the invitation to Lord Bernard and Lady Agnes Nethershear, and of course the clumsy maid polishing the silver.
Reginald in a flap about his investment in a field of beetroots which has not produced bulbous bright red roots let alone dividends, Catherine is dreading the arrival of her rival, the richest woman in London, particularly with her husband dressed like an eccentric, appearances being everything in polite society, yet it is Agnes whose faux pas is unforgiveable, dying at the table before the main course is even served.
Written and performed by the dynamic duo of Fringe newcomers Emma Rose Creaner and Witt Tarantino who between them wrestle the tangled dynamics of dinner served for four and wrangle the unruly and criminally culpable domestic staff, Lobster Bisque is a frantic farce served hot from the kitchen with a dash of desperation, a splash of adultery and a sinful amount of lust and sweaty to-and-fro upstairs, downstairs and in the parlour.
With puppets small, large and in shadow and a risqué fan dance for two, from base vegetables comes a bawdy and most inappropriate tale of death, deceit and proper etiquette which would make even Oscar Wilde cry for a more modest age, Creaner and Tarantino’s whirlwind performance tearing through costumes, backdrops and any semblance of propriety, creating an evening both shocking and not to be missed.
Lobster Bisque continues at C Alto on Victoria Terrace until Sunday 25th August
