The 39 Steps – Hull Truck Theatre
Early on, when watching The 39 Steps at Hull Truck Theatre on Thursday night, I began to wonder how much more of the production I could take, as I’d laughed so much and so hard.
I was on the front row, so escape for some respite would have been noticed by the incorrigible actors responsible for my near demise - James Keningale, Kathryn Perkins, Sophie Bloor and the rather dishy Ryan Starling.
Understudy Tom Mitchell was the “invisible” scene shifter. Dressed in a dark, tightly fitted onesie-type outfit, he removed and installed furniture, often at the wrong times, finally, briefly emerging onesie-free as Chief Inspector Albright - to huge cheers from the audience.
At “curtain up”, to the left on the raised stage was a red leather armchair, side table holding an old-fashioned d...