It’s a risky move to try and improve on a classic, so fans may well have raised an eyebrow when writer Maurice Bessman and director Miriam Mussa decided to create a new version of the work in 2018 as a vehicle for their new company, Boisterous. Not only one of his earliest stage works it’s also the most popular and frequently performed, and has been given a few tweaks through its performance history to keep it fresh. JOHN Godber’s 1977 comedy Bouncers is not so much a play as an institution.
