One thing I'm always bemused about is staging a play so that the audience are seated either side of the action. Personally I find it distracting (in a lull I spotted a sleeping man and a Vic Reeves Lookalike) and a little bit annoying, as the audience are either treated to the back of the actors' heads or the actors in question shouting their lines so as to be heard by everyone.
Friday, 2 November 2012
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Our Boys (30/10/2012)
Our Boys is a bit of an enigma. The play itself passes off as a sort of hospital-cum-army drama, a cross between the boring bits of casualty and the marvellous bits of... Well.
Suddenly you hit a bit of a brick wall with trying to describe something like this. It's understated, laddish, and a little bit brutal... But its also genuine, sad, heartwarming and upsetting. Our Boys has a balance which few other plays (at least this year) seem to have found.
Suddenly you hit a bit of a brick wall with trying to describe something like this. It's understated, laddish, and a little bit brutal... But its also genuine, sad, heartwarming and upsetting. Our Boys has a balance which few other plays (at least this year) seem to have found.
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (20/10/2012)
Possibly the longest play I've ever seen, or shall ever wish to see, COAHTR is not easy on the audience. Everything is agony, from the heat of the Deep South to the running time of Three and a Quarter hours. Still, its exactly the kind of agony that's worth it.
Saturday, 15 September 2012
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
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