Deliciously witty

Mrs Ratchliffe's Revolution
comedy
Dir: Billie Eltringham
Cast: Catherine Tate, Iain Glen, Katherine Thalbach
Theatre: PVR
hh1/2

What's it about: The story is set in the '60s when the Berlin Wall hadn't crumbled. The Ratcliffe family is trying very hard to come to terms with life in Germany as opposed to life back home in England. Mrs Ratcliffe tries her best to settle down with her two daughters after her idealstic husband moves from Yorkshire to East Germany but she cannot understand why listening to Elvis Presley, jiving or spreading marmalade on toast are crimes in her new country. She brews a revolution at home to get her family out and becomes the mother of revolutions!

What's hot: The dry wit and the one-liners. Catehrine Tate is brilliant as Mrs Ratcliffe.