The UN Inspector

Description

Spotted at the Marriott by government aides in search of a decent cappuccino, a British businessman nonentity is mistaken for the dreaded UN inspector. While he exploits the situation for all it's worth, presidential panic ensues as ex-Soviet Ministers make farcical attempts to cover up the corruption that lies at the State's core. A riotous satire based on Gogol's masterpiece, The Government Inspector, David Farr's new play explores human greed and immorality in the highest places.

David Farr is currently Joint Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic, where his productions have included his own adaptation of Paradise Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream (TMA Best Director Award), Loot and Twelfth Night; he will become Artistic Director of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in June 2005. As a writer, his plays and adaptations include Great Expectations (Bristol Old Vic), The Queen Must Die (NT Shell Connections), The Danny Crowe Show (Bush) and Elton John's Glasses (UK tour and West End). As a director, his work also includes Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and his own play Night of the Soul for the RSC, the opera Powder Her Face (Almeida) and his adaptation of The Nativity (Young Vic).