THE company LipService are celebrating 21 years of sublime silliness with their cult Bronte spoof Withering Looks at the Borough Theatre in Abergavenny on Thursday at 7:30pm.
When Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding of LipService realised that it was also the 150th anniversary of the death of Charlotte Bronte, they could hardly turn down the chance to dust off their crinolines and press their bloomers in a reprise of one of their best-loved shows.
Withering Looks is an up close and personal look behind the forbidding exterior of Haworth Parsonage, where the three Bronte sisters - well, two actually, Anne"s just popped out for a cup of sugar - lived and worked.
But to compensate, there are more ravaged heaths, tormented souls, mysterious neighbours, and maniacal laughter from the attic.
Peopled with many familiar characters, and some, quite frankly that LipService have made up, this is a potted potty classic to savour.
Withering Looks won a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award and the Critics' award at the Edinburgh Festival.
Tickets are priced between £8 and £10 and are available from the Borough Theatre"s box office on 01873 850805.
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