Over the last few years, Oliver Lansley and Les Enfants Terribles have been building up quite a following with the refreshingly fun and humourous plays and it seems like their latest offering, Immaculate, will garner them even more followers.
Centred around one women and her surprise pregnancy, Immaculate is a tongue-in-cheek look at Western religion and is undoubtedly Lansley’s most rounded, mature work to date. While last year’s Bedtime Story was often accused of puerile humour, Immaculate runs in a completely different vein and draws its amusement from the concept of a Second Coming, rather than bodily functions and sex.
Like all of their previous performances, Immaculate features a strong, talented cast. The overall delivery is good but Christopher Mellows, as a slightly confused Gabriel, and Matt Ian Kelly, as the camp Lucifer, really do stand out in this imaginative paternity piece.
Immaculate certainly isn’t a highbrow piece of theatre and it doesn’t pretend to be. Instead, it is a tightly written, extremely funny comedy that will certainly tickle your ribs and brighten up your lunchtime.
4/5
Richard Biggs
