‘Laughter is the best medicine’ proclaims the subtitle of Cosi, the latest touring show by HIT Productions and Monday Night at St. Martins Theatre certainly proved there was to be no shortage of guffaws, giggles and hearty explosions.
The Tokyo Shock Boys take slapstick humour to physical excess, with stunts that range from fairly innocuous to bordering on medieval in their severity.
As an actor, it's always reassuring to know you've got great material with which to work and it doesn't get a whole lot better than that written, and directed, by the affable Paul Gilchrist