The Tobacco Factory has set the bar high for new works. This collaboration between director Gethin Evans and writer Anita Vettese is an exciting one – I’m already looking forward to their next production. This is Anita Vettesse’s first play after a 20-year career as an actor, and Gethin’s first production as Associate Director of Sherman Cymru.. . . . Happy Hour is a fast-paced miniature masterpiece. It is skilfully written and perfectly executed. Anita Vettesse is a bright new talent to take note of, with a well-tuned eye and ear for human detail. Strongly recommended.

This was a case of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object. Each woman was confident in her position and status, arrogant even, and neither would yield to the other. Was this all about the long established British monarchy and the new political kid on the block – or was it just an excuse, a vehicle for a good comedy? The latter I suspect. Although the play took us chronologically through those eleven years touching on all the major incidents, the piece never let a fact get in the way of a good laugh.