‘Where there’s muck there’s brass’… and this hysterically funny tale of misdeeds, misadventure and mistaken identity has plenty of both.

In a small Pennine town a flashy young stranger is mistaken for a Government Inspector. The town’s unscrupulous Councillors, fearing discovery of their corrupt goings-on, do all they can to ingratiate themselves. Bribes, backhanders and brown envelopes abound and the stranger, who has an eye for a quick buck, takes full advantage with hilarious results.

There’s no one better to breathe life and vigour into this barmy story than Northern Broadsides, one of the country’s finest and best-loved theatre companies. Featuring live brass music, if you like your humour broad, your references topical, your heart warmed, look no further.

From the team that brought the sell out Accidental Death of an Anarchist comes an absurdly funny tale.

'very funny and very relevant' THE INDEPENDENT

'It would be perverse to withhold five stars from something which is carried through with such intelligence, verve, imagination and consistency – not to mention clockwork precision!'  WHATSONSTAGE.COM

'[Conrad Nelson]’s production is sharply defined, and immaculately paced'  WHATSONSTAGE.COM

'A fine production'  BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

'The humour is thus slapstick, stylised and relentless, much to the delight of the audience'  PUBLIC REVIEWS

'Northern Broadsides present a fun-filled romp through this tale'  PUBLIC REVIEWS

'Bold, bawdy and quite simply brilliant, it is an outstandingly good piece of theatre'  LOVE LEEDS RADIO

'Deborah McAndrew’s adaptation is sharp, witty and wonderfully northern'  LOVE LEEDS RADIO

'It is engaging, quick and ridiculously funny'  LOVE LEEDS RADIO