Old Hats Extends Run at ACT

Fresh from New York’s Signature Theatre, Old Hats features magic, slapstick, and the silent musings of comic actors Bill Irwin and David Shiner.

Video and marvelous special effects also makes this an engaging production.

Bay Crossings readers may recognize a composite of an annoying passenger in the best skit of the show: "The Businessman." 

Here, Irwin ridicules the bores we see (and hear) daily sporting the hottest high tech gadgets, while abusing every rule of good manners imaginable.  Pity, though, that the character is dressed like a conventional banker from the 60s. A more realistic model would be a contemporary hipster wearing a hoodie, cargo pants, and ironic Keds.

Tony Award-winners David Shiner (left) and Bill Irwin (right) in the West Coast premiere of the Signature Theatre production of Old Hats, performing at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater now through October 12.

Photo by Kevin Berne

Courtesy American Conservatory Theater