Prepare to split your sides or be grotesquely offended by the best worst show in town!

Mel Brooks' The Producers - featuring the smash hit musical Springtime for Hitler - is sure to entertain, offend or leave you wondering what the hell you've just seen; but I loooooooooooved it!

For the uninitiated Brooks' theatrical mayhem centres on the tale of seasoned Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his nerdy 'trainee', accountant Leo Bloom, who spots a loophole in US tax law and concludes that a huge musical flop could net them $2m.

They come up with the idea of Springtime for Hitler, the most tasteless musical ever written, featuring camp queens, lederhosen, and overblown tributes to Adolf Hitler, in the hope that it'll close on opening night and net them millions. Only it doesn't. It's a huge hit and not only loses them a fortune but also lands them in gaol.

Cory English as Bialystock was supreme at every twist and turn, a powerhouse of timing, innuendo and affable perversity, whilst Jason Manford as his sidekick, Leo Bloom, was the surprise of the evening, seamlessly transitioning from stand-up comedian to neurotic, painfully shy numbers man.

The sheer joy of this show is how it cocks a snook at everything politically correct. Its script is as brazened as an experienced hooker, delivering one liners that border on the risqué and then shamelessly cross the line.

And the audience lapped it up! There is huge joy in watching a show that allows you to belly laugh at its irreverence and, because it was written by a Jew it is, somehow, ok; permission theatre if you like!

Mel Brooks has always been a movie maker and theatrical impresario to the left of mainstream, and just as skewed vision always runs the risk of delivering something destined to be forgotten, it is that very same view of the world that allows him to deliver something as manic and brilliant as The Producers.

David Bedella as super camp director, Roger De Bris - the man charged with directing Springtime for Hitler - became more likeable with every camp gesture he makes, whilst Tiffany Graves as Ulla, was loved by everyone, especially those to whom she promised 'sex at 11am'!

This is a show of extremes. The storyline's mad, the dialogue is nuts and, quite honestly, if you have just one funny bone in your body then you can be sure that The Producers will exercise it. A must see!

Leeds Grand until Saturday (13th June, 2015)