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Peepolykus are unfailingly hilarious. Orla O’loughlins production leaves plenty to enjoy.

THE GUARDIAN

Peepolykus have the requisite energy and appeal eventually to use the script as a springboard into a more gut-bustingly hilarious and liberatingly reckless brand of zaniness.

THE TIMES

Packed with physical inventiveness, this Hound adapted by Stephen Canny and the company, takes eccentric multiple-characterisation and ridiculous wackiness to extremes

THE INDEPENDENT

In the bleak midwinter, in the post-Christmas lull, silliness is next to godliness. And theatre doesn’t come much more sillier than The Hound of the Baskervilles, as presented by Peepolykus, a close-knit comedy outfit who more than live up to their faux-Greek name. Only the most po-faced Conan Doyle enthusiast will fail to enjoy this wonderfully barking spoof.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

In the hands of comic trio Peepolykus, The Hound of the Baskervilles becomes a wonderful farce. The chemistry between these clowns is electric.

METRO ****

The production has a mad hilarity that will make you feel quite sane.

THE SUNDAY TIMES

Peepolykus are a group of the most gifted performers you can hope to see. Baskervilles is performed with a sense of rare comic timing. The most difficult thing to decide about the show is whether the most impressive thing is the dazzling wordplay of the script or the outstanding physical comedy.

YORK EVENING POST

The production unites constantly inventive physical and verbal comedy with a cheeky respect for the original

WHATSONSTAGE

Simple-seeming gags are transformed into theatrical gems. Not only are the
actors technically accomplished, they also possess superhuman energies.
Dazzling performances.

THE OBSERVER

The most popular of the Sherlock Holmes stories becomes pure comic bliss in
this hilariously played adaptation from Peepolykus.

THE STAGE

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EDUCATION


The Hound Of The Baskervilles- Educational support

Alongside the production, Peepolykus have on offer an educational/workshop package, available for students, teachers and professionals.

Workshop sessions can range between 1 and 3 hours during the touring period and up to 2 days outside of touring dates. Please contact the company for details of fee.

The emphasis of the workshop can vary depending on what you feel will be most appropriate for the group. The following elements can be emphasised and combined:

1. General workshop as an introduction to the way the company develop work through games, clowning, improvisation, character development exercises, status relationships, stage awareness of self and others, confidence in your own innate stupidity.

2. In devising and writing this adaptation, the company took on the challenge of making a show which was both scary/dramatic and funny. This premise will be explored in the workshop, challenging participants to do just that in their own devising.

3. Page to stage; How Peepolykus adapted The Hound of The Baskervilles for the stage. The session can take the form of a lecture demonstration or a participation workshop. Within the session, the following areas will be explored: Why the story has become a popular classic, why Peepolykus chose to adapt it, choosing the important elements of the story, choices in how to tell the story; how to stage the story with only three actors, the challenge of combing dramatic tension with comedy, the design aspects of the show-lighting, sound, set, costumes.