Steve Martin's Chaotic Comedy!

After the 2014 success of his bluegrass musical Bright Star, Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Award winner Steve Martin clearly had the bug for writing for stage, returning with Meteor Shower in 2016. Marking a change of direction for the entertainer but every bit as hilarious as you'd expect from him, the play is revived in Seattle in February 2027, directed by Adrienne Mackey. A musing on the fears and uncertainties that lie beneath every marriage, unpredictability lies at every turn; it really is a comedy of the completely unexpected.

What Is The Story?

A dazzling meteor shower lights up the sky over Ojai, California, and married couple Norm and Corky invite their neighbors over to watch. By the end of the night they might wish that they hadn't. As the wine begins to flow and the evening takes one unexpected turn after another, it seems that the night-time display might just have affected both couples' sanity...