A young British sculptor’s artistic future and love life get thrown into hilarious disarray when a blown fuse plunges his London flat into darkness (but in full view of the audience) in Peter Shaffer’s critically acclaimed 1965 farce Black Comedy.
Piccolo Theatre revives this one-act vehicle (which provided the 1967 Broadway debuts of Michael Crawford and Lynn Redgrave) alongside a series of sketches inspired and originated by the comics Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. Black Comedy plays 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays until Oct. 31 at the Evanston Arts Depot, 600 Main, Evanston. Tickets are $15-$25; call 847-424-0089 or visit www.piccolotheatre.com. Photo courtesy of Piccolo Theatre