Dead funny? In praise of corpsing on stage
At this time of year, you'll find plenty of actors breaking down in laughter. Irritating and unprofessional " or can it bring a production alive?On the press night of Cinderella at the Lyric Hammersmith a few weeks back, whenever Julie Atherton's Cinderella and Mel Giedroyc's evil stepmother got within a few paces of each other, they were in danger of cracking up. Did it matter? Not a jot " corpsing, as it's called (…