“larger than life”, but Beth managed this well. In the times when Sister Mary (Mary) did have the “bigger” comedy moments, such as when trying to make the sign of the cross and instead doing the YMCA, and when she was making up her backstory and talking about attending the school for “Exceptionally pious children”, I loved Beth’s comic delivery. She managed to make it appear not out of place for her character as it was clear that it was her commitment to journalism by trying her best to fit into the bizarre undercover situation in which she found herself. Jackie Edington as Sister Augusta, and Sally Worden as Sister Philamena made a great double act, but also had some lovely and funny separate moments too. Sally clearly demonstrated to the audience how uncomfortable poor Sister Philamena was when trying to lie (unfortunately for her as she seemed to have to do it a lot!) and Jackie was hilarious chasing Sister Mary Catherine round the stage trying subliminally to get her to “Confess!!”. Jackie and Sally also had wonderful interactions with Sue Hartley’s brilliantly over-the-top Mother Superior – the names the three of them came up with for alcohol were hilarious and had the audience in stiches. I really appreciated the moments when Sue, as the Mother Superior, acknowledged how excessive her reactions could be, such as when she is crying then immediately stops to respond to Paul, “Oh yes, sorry!” – so funny! Bringing in Tristesse James, as Sister Mary Catherine, to this mix was comedy gold – all the characters were so different from each other but complemented each other’s humour perfectly. Tristesse created such a sweet and likeable character is Sister Mary Catherine; it was hard to imagine anyone believing she was a spy! I felt quite
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