Communicado in a co-production with the Tron Theatre

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR

By Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Adrian Mitchell
Directed by Gerry Mulgrew

Bribes, mis-directed contracts,mis-allocation of public money, fiddled expenses. Panic. Sound familiar?

Gerry Mulgrew directs this feisty adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s classic satire on bureaucracy and human vanity. A penniless nobody from the big city arrives in a small town, where he is mistaken for the all-powerful government inspector by its corrupt and self-serving officials. A hilarious and vicious exposé of those in (petty) power, in this age of abuses of office, banking crises and duck islands, The Government Inspector is more timely than ever.

One of Scotland ’s most respected and trailblazing theatre companies, Communicado, present The Government Inspector with all their well known brio and musical invention.

‘This period-set Government Inspector is not good, it's great.’ The Observer

'Gerry Mulgrew's hilarious Communicado production... John Bett is on top form'  The Guardian

'The combination of Russian melodies and quick-fire comedy makes this splendid entertainment' The Stage

'It is hard to think of a more pertinent play right now... there is no shortage of ingenious stage business' The Times