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Kincardine Theatre Guild production of "The Odd Couple (Female Version)" is hilarious By Liz Dadson |
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 Christina Bandomir (L) as Olive Madison, greets Jesus (Hay-zoos) Costazuela, played by Neil Wood and his brother, Manola, played by Sid Duggan, in a scene from "The Odd Couple (Female Version)" which opens tonight (May 27) at the Kincardine Arts Centre  Playing their regular game of Trivial Pursuit are (L) Mickey (Angela Hunt), Vera (Liz Small), Sylvie (Tamara Vardomskaya), Olive (Christina Bandomir), and Renee (Shirley Bieman)  Corinne Robertson-Brown (C) as Florence Unger shows photos of her family to Manola Costazuela (L), played by Sid Duggan, and his brother, Jesus (Hay-zoos), played by Neil Wood | |||||
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If you can recall the classic 1965 play or the film or even the subsequent television show, "The Odd Couple," featuring Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, you'll remember some of the great moments of conflict between the neat-freak and the onerous slob. Such is the battle between Florence Unger and Olive Madison in the Kincardine Theatre Guild production of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple (Female Version)" which opens tonight (May 27) at the Kincardine Arts Centre. The play begins with a group of women friends playing their regular game of Trivial Pursuit at the home of Olive, a divorcee who freely admits to being a slob. "I leave a mess when I read a book," she says, with a laugh. Enter Florence who is a stickler for detail and is excessively tidy. She has just separated from her husband and is having trouble dealing with it. As luck would have it, the pair decides to room together, with hilarious results. At one point, as an argument escalates and Olive throws a plate of food up against the wall, Florence insists on grabbing a mop and cleaning up the mess. Christina Bandomir as Olive and Corinne Robertson-Brown as Florence are superb in the title roles, carrying the show from start to finish. While their comments go from joking to jolting, they end up learning from each other and gaining strength from the entire ordeal. While the slob and the fuss-budget battle it out, their neighbours arrive on the scene - two Spanish brothers who have difficulty with the English language. Sid Duggan and newcomer Neil Wood do a great job of mastering the foreign accent and working in some comical confusion, as the Costazuela brothers. Adding their own comic relief throughout the show are the rest of the lady friends: Angela Hunt as Mickey, Liz Small as Vera, Tamara Vardomskaya as Sylvie, and Shirley Bieman as Renee It's one funny scene after another until Florence and Olive are sick of each other and, the inevitable happens. To find out how it ends, get a ticket to the play, which runs May 27 and 28, June 2-4 and 9-10, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 each, available at Jerome Flowers in downtown Kincardine or by calling the box office at 519-396-9000. The gala event is May 28, for an extra cost of $5 each.
Corinne Robertson-Brown as Florence quickly cleans up the mess left behind by her sloppy roommate, Olive
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 Christina Bandomir (R) as Olive Madison pulls the apron off Florence Unger (Corinne Robertson-Brown) before their dates arrive  Corinne Robertson-Brown (R) as Florence puts her back out from all her fussing and cleaning, much to the dismay of Olive (Christina Bandomir)  Christina Bandomir (L) as Olive talks to her ex-husband on the phone while Florence (Corinne Robertson-Brown) waits to finish their argument Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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