Details

Scathing satire on bureaucracy and corruption. A great comedy that looks at the lengths petty officials will go to cover their inefficiency and minor crimes when a government inspector comes to call. First produced in 1836. In a small town at the back of nowhere corruption's rife and the Mayor and his cronies have got it made. Then they learn they're going to be subject to an undercover government inspection - and panic. Mistaking a penniless nobody for the inspector they swiftly fall victims to their own stupidity and greed. An adaptation. A sell-out success at the recent Edinburgh Festival, Theatre de l’Ange Fou’s new piece The Government Inspector is based on Nikolai Gogol’s classic satire of bureaucracy and corruption in nineteenth century provincial Russia. This international company’s large acting ensemble creates memorable stage pictures in a seamless flow of inventive movement.

Creatives/Company

Author: Nikolai Gogol
Company: Theatre de l'Ange Fou (International)
Director(s): Steve Wasson, Corinne Soum