Digging Up Appearances – Old Red Lion
Inspired by the 90s British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, this creative horror-comedy play will delight you with macabre hilarity whether or not you’re familiar with the source material.
Decades after the sitcom is set, Sheridan is going through a heartbreaking divorce and, through the powers of a magical amulet, accidentally resurrects his dead mother, Hyacinth. Seeing her son’s life isn’t as wonderful as she hoped or expected it would be, Hyacinth takes it upon herself to guide Sheridan and get his life back on track. She also has an insatiable appetite for human flesh. Hilarious horror-comedy antics ensue.
I have never seen a single episode of Keeping Up Appearances but knew just enough from cultural osmosis to not be completely lost while watching this play. Some jokes went over...