The Ballad Of Frank Allen

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Company: Weeping Spoon Productions

Genre: Play-Comedy

Venue: 25 - West End Cultural Centre (ACU Hall)

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If you've always wondered what it would be like to live in another person's beard, this quirky comedy might just be the show for you.

After a bizarre laboratory accident, humble janitor Frank Allen (Shane Adamczak) is reduced to microscopic size, and ends up trapped in the beard of shiftless man-child Al (Al Lafrance). A quest to help Al get his life on track and Frank out of his beardensues.

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If you've always wondered what it would be like to live in another person's beard, this quirky comedy might just be the show for you.- Joff Schmidt

It's often a bit messy and rambling, and some gags fall flat. But there are also some wonderful comic bits and a few very catchy,wittyfolk tunes sprinkled throughout.

If anything, I'd have been happy to have more of those this could make for a great musical-comedy.

As it is, it's not an epic ballad, but is good fringe entertainment.