I am still in shock after watching The Book of Mormon at the Bristol Hippodrome on Wednesday evening.

But perhaps it should have been a warning when asked whether I like South Park written by the same authors and I replied I did not.

Put in perspective the people surrounding me in the stalls laughed out loud, clapped with gusto and jumped to their feet at the finale to show their appreciation.

I did not.

How a musical which incorporates jokes about FGM (female genetical mutilation), sex with babies, and sticks fake penises on its dancers which look like monkey tails, yes, I am offended.

 Remember Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was murdered in prison for child sex offences.

I could just about cope with the blasphemous and offensive language as parody and satire but gosh this is the worse supposedly ‘comedy’ I have ever viewed.

American screenwriter, actor, and producer Trey Parker and his co-creator Matt Stone penned the subversive animated comedy series South Park and with Broadway’s Robeert Lopez went on to get a Tony Award for The Book of Mormon.

If I am too ‘woke’ to appreciate their work then I am glad.

Okay, the acting, singing and dancing was impressive.

 The script was awful.

It is the story of two young men – Kevin Price (played by Daniel George-Wright) and Arnold Cunningham (Sam Glen) – who, having finished their training to be missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints not only now have the tile Elder in front of their name, but also are about to be sent out on their two-year mission to find, recruit, and baptise new members of the Mormon religion.

They drew a short straw being sent Africa as their journey didn’t exactly follow in the footsteps of Christian missionary and doctor David Livingstone when they landed in Uganda.

My partner for the evening said; “Uganda has a rich history going back over 3,000 years yet this play only gives us  a country plagued by warlords, witchdoctors and AIDS.“The African characters are one dimensional and their lines are over reliant with swear words in contrast to the all-white Mormons.