This performance of ‘Waiting for Groucho’ didn’t quite succeed for me. Flawed though it was, there is potential from this company. The story is set in the late 1950’s when the Marx Brothers are no longer the dominant force they were twenty or so years earlier. Harpo and Chico as old men are waiting for Groucho. Since Harpo does not speak the conversation is one-sided. As they wait, flashbacks of the Marx brothers rise to fame are played out. The problems in the production lie in the performance of the principals, Frodo McDaniel as Groucho and Ben Allison as Chico. To play Groucho’s style of humour is a huge demand and Frodo McDaniel doesn’t have the manic comic delivery to make Groucho’s scathing wit work. Ben Allison doesn’t convey the depth of an old man’s frustration in the situation they find themselves. On the plus side, Alan McPartlan succeeds in accurately portraying Harpo, his physicality and facial expressions. The chase scene following the Marx Brothers success on Broadway is a high point. Louise Oliver has undoubted talent as a writer and it will be interesting to follow her progress. **