This play features Perrier Award-Winner Will Adamsdale's move from comedy to straight theatre, or so we are led to believe. To many, this will seem far more like an hour-long comedy double act with a bit of narrative thread running through it.
The Receipt is an ordinary tale of everyday folk and, in particular, the hapless Whiley. He starts off as a dogsbody in a company that does something, though even he does not know what. After insulting the company's star client, he spends the last forty minutes as an amateur detective attempting to trace the history of a till receipt that he picks up in the street.
While Adamsdale narrates, his mate Mr Branch provides a dramatic soundscape and plays a lot of lugubrious characters.
The comedy is based on the recognition of oddities in society today and therefore is most likely to appeal to fans of The Office, but will not necessarily delight others.