September 17th 1938: Celebrity pilot, Adam Cartwright, is preparing to take his biplane on a tour of India. As his fans watch him take off, they hope he’ll land safely in Bengal. Meanwhile, the notorious thief, the Bengal Bandit has been targeting several wealthy British colonial bungalows, while the chief of police is after the rascal even though his squad is being devoured daily by a man-eating tiger. In a little parish next to the Karma Sutra Palace, Fr. John sets off on his mission to collect for the home for the aged.
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| The pilot arrives in Bengal |
All these characters (and more!) will soon converge on Bengal Bungalow – the mansion belonging to Arthur Fenworth and his seductive daughter Lily – and what ensues is sheer madness!
Await the triumphant return of ‘Bengal Bungalow’ - the wackiest presentation from CentreStage Productions! Written and directed by Jehan Aloysius, the production returns after six years, to the Lionel Wendt Theatre from September 17th – 19th at 7.30 p.m.
The performance will be a fund-raiser for the troupe’s theatre-based humanitarian work conducted through their StageHands Project.
Set in Bengal in the late 1930’s, Bengal Bungalow is a fast paced situation comedy written in the style of British farcical theatre, with mistaken identity, fantastic characters and situations, as well as cunning twists. The script is packed with witty one-liners and over-the-top humour very much in the style of classic bedroom farce.
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| The ravishing Lily besieged by suitors |
The plot revolves around a British family residing in India, whose home, Bengal Bungalow, becomes a bizarre circus when the pilot accidentally crashes his aircraft through the newly refurbished guestroom. The pilot loses his memory as a result of the crash, leading to a host of comic misunderstandings, misdemeanours and misadventures.
Enter a host of British and Indian characters, ranging from a hapless priest, a notorious robber and the pilot’s wife, to an enraged mahout and a menagerie of animals, and the plot spins and twists into a hilariously dizzying world of madness.
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