It’s Ipswich in the late 1980’s and the Giles family are thrown into confusion when the upwardly mobile Stinkletons move in next door. It takes Grandma Giles to sort it all out with a few swift blows from her brolly and her familiar battle cry – ‘Gertcha!’.
Combining the much loved Giles cartoon characters with classic hit songs from the eighties including Our House, Simply the Best, Wake Me Up Before You Go- Go and many more, all played live by our multi-talented company of actor-musicians, this is a fast-moving, funny and pop filled comic strip for all the family.
Directed by Pete Rowe, and in true New Wolsey style, this show is not to be missed!
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Someone should have proof-read the entry above which came directly from the Wolsey website and I'm assuming is the same as the season brochure, because actually we saw the Giles family move in and the Stinkletons who live next door come round with a quiche to welcome them! Not the other way round.
I'm not sure if the Giles cartoons are nationally famous but I first heard of Giles when we moved to Ipswich as there's a large statue of Grandma in the town center.
The cast were all so talented and hilariously funny. I wasn't too amused by some of the insulting personal remarks about the queen or politicians of the time. The script was almost solely there for the purpose of introducing the next song but they were great tap-your-feet sing-along songs and there were so many laugh out loud gags, corny but still very funny. We both enjoyed it immensely.
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