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Apparently audience participation – shouting often-rude, always-hilarious lines in appropriate places in the shows – started for the movie version back in the 1970s in the US and made it to our shows a few years later.

Director Sarah Frankcom allows her actors to breathe and, given the space the sparse staging at the in-the-round Exchange provides, they’re able to push their character to a limit that is a joy to behold.

Brought to life on stage by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and long-time collaborator Nick Newman it’s an absolute triumph.