The only farce I can think that I've seen is the sitcom Frasier, all eleven series, many episodes consisted of hilarious misunderstandings, lies and people hiding in rooms; all being said this is a classy farce whereas OM,TG is just out and out farce, but it was just as hilarious non stop hilarious at that.
Being a farce the plot is not exactly easy to explain, but I'll have a go: Francis Henshall works for both Roscoe Crabb and Stanley Stubbers; motivated by hunger Henshall has to keep his 'guvnors' from finding out about each other. Crabb is in fact Rachel, Roscoe's twin sister, whose fiance is actually Stubbers who's hiding out in Brighton after killing Roscoe Crabb - hilarity ensues... I don't think I've explained it very well, I definitely haven't done it justice!
Through all of this is the performance of Welshman Owain Arthur as Henshall, I now understand the meaning of phrase (comedic) tour de force! James Corden, who originated the role, won Olivier and Tony awards for his performance, but while watching Arthur I honestly couldn't imagine anyone else in the part! The rest of the cast certainly held their own in the comedy stakes and while I imagine 95% of the ad libs and audience interaction were scripted, they made them seem totally improvised.
As well as the acting each of the cast took part in the skiffle band's interludes in between scenes. The band, The Craze, added an entertaining change to the usual scene changes in a play, and also acted as pre-show and interval entertainment, with original songs written for the play.
I loved the set, it seemed to be both simple cardboard cutout backgrounds and at the same time effectively conveyed the 1960s Brighton seafront, they were how I imagined how the sets actually might have been like in the plays of the 1960s.
Slapstick is funny but clever slapstick is hilarious!
