If you're a regular theatergoer, chances are you've already seen a production, perhaps one starring Chris Cantrell. That popular Olympia actor directed a new version for Theater Artists Olympia (TAO), an avant-garde company freshly ensconced in its idiosyncratic, full-time venue, the Midnight Sun. The troupe did admirable work cleaning and renovating the space, but it's still a glorified garage, too small for full-scale Elizabethan spectacle. No matter; that's not what this is. It's just three funny actors cracking wise about English history, pop culture, the news, and (for some reason) a nearby resort hotel. It owes as much to Monty Python as it does to iambic pentameter, and huzzah.

Read Christian Carvajal's full review of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] in the Music and Culture section.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED], 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 26, Midnight Sun Performance Space, 113 Columbia St. NW, Olympia, $12, 360.259.2743