Broadsides Inspector calls on Liverpool

Published: 29 October 2012
Reporter: David Upton

Andy Cryer as Longbottom and Howard Chadwick as Cllr Tony Belcher Credit: Nobby Clark

Northern Broadsides brings its new version of Gogol’s classic satire The Government Inspector to Liverpool Playhouse this coming month.

Gogol’s classic comedy of errors about corruption in a small town has been brought roaring into 21st Century England, and is on at the Playhouse from November 13-17.

In typical Broadsides style, the play features a troupe of actor-musicians to incorporate music as an integral part of the show.

This new adaptation relocates to a small Pennine town, starting when a mysterious stranger is mistaken for a government inspector. Fearing discovery of their corrupt goings-on, the town’s unscrupulous councillors attempt to ingratiate themselves.

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