Black Comedy is a one-act farce by Peter Shaffer, first performed in 1965. The play is written to be staged under a reversed lighting scheme: the play opens on a darkened stage. A few minutes into the show there is a short circuit, and the stage is illuminated to reveal the characters in a "blackout." On the few occasions when matches, lighters, or torches are lit, the lights grow dimmer. The title of the play is a pun.
Brindsley Miller, a young sculptor, and his debutante fiancée Carol Melkett have borrowed some expensive, antique furniture from his neighbor Harold's flat without his permission in order to impress Carol's father, Colonel Melkett, an elderly millionaire art collector coming to view Brindsley's work. When the power fails, things slide into disaster for him as Harold returns early, and Brindsley's ex-mistress Clea shows up unexpectedly.
Howick High School will be performing this 'enlightening' farce on 18, 19 and 20 March 2015 at 19h00 in the High School Hall.
Tickets are R40 each and can be purchased from Mrs Henderson at the School Office. Telephone 033 330 2858 for further information.