The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful, The Jack Studio Theatre, London
The Jack Studio Theatre, London: New Yorker Charles Ludlam's high-camp melodrama, in which two actors share an unfeasibly large number of roles, was first performed to rapturous reviews in 1984. In this intimate studio theatre, the show's frequent volte-faces - from oppressive Gothic brooding to kitsch, flouncing romance to slasher movie - may constitute multi-genre overload, but they're very funny. Re…