THE young cast from Kidderminster College made us laugh with this up-beat version of Aristophenes' tale of the original women's libbers, who decided they had had enough of war-making, so refused any love-making until their menfolk came to their senses.

Lisa Sherlock portrayed the women's leader, Lysistrata, as a rather cold and domineering woman, who might have scared the other women into submission, but I doubt would have inspired them. The other women were portrayed by Kayleigh Unitt, Emma Black, Louise Wendal, Meg Dugmore and Laurie Pollitt, with an excellent performance by Becky Neale as Lampito.

The lads showed a comic flair, from Luke Kemp as the snooty magistrate, to all the husbands, whose frustration was obvious! These were played by Nathan Wright, Joel Smith, Aaron Kelly and Matthew Slade.

It was a good idea to have the Spartans speaking with a Scottish accent, to differentiate them from the Athenians, and the whole play was very tongue-in-cheek.

The language was rather ribald, but of course this reflected the times, and surely no-one could have taken offence.

The students delivered their lines clearly and audibly, and gave us all an hour of somewhat bawdy fun.

VJS.