If you want to see large cast productions at the Fringe, your options are few. Obviously touring companies can’t afford it. A Small Affair is the second such show I have seen at the Fringe. Shoestring is a local community theatre group who have been presenting theatre for a long time. They take great care with their productions and you can count on them to choose a strong script and to do their best to give it justice.
A Small Affair is a behind-the-scenes look at an underfunded television production. The playwright Bob Larby wrote a number of hit British shows including As Time Goes By. Here the CBC stands in for the BBC, and it seems to fit, although I am not sure that younger audiences would remember The Beachcombers.
Director Katherine McLennan did a great job of keeping the show moving, and the cast did some of their best work, especially the leads.
