£20, £15 concessions

An acclaimed UK comedy cast of actor-musicians concoct an evening of absurd delight, interspersed with silly songs of the Russian steppes and the Plain of the Po.

In this brand-new English-language production of Fo’s early farce One was Nude & One wore Tails, a zany comedy of dustbin men, naked ambassadors and nocturnal slapstick, undressing the social hierarchy.

Before writing his famous plays, Anton Chekhov was known first as a writer of vaudevilles, short comedies on themes of love, marriage and domestic absurdity. The Bear, Swansong and The Evils of Tobacco, are three of his finest, funniest vaudevilles, prove a perfect counterpoint to Milanese commedia, Chekhov’s favourite fritters and blinis to Fo’s bristin.