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Post by cherokee on Jan 22, 2020 8:53:31 GMT
I saw this in Richmond at the start of a new tour. It's old-fashioned fun and whilst not quite attaining the thrills of the Hitchcock movie, still has a few nice moments. Not quite sure what moving the setting to the 60s achieves and it's a painfully underwritten role for the one female character who has no agency and is basically there to be a victim.
Tom Chambers is fine as the lead, and Jonathan Harper very good doubling up as a dodgy chancer in Act One, and as the detective in Act Two. Michael Salami is truly woeful though: a strange, gurning performance and his terrible diction made his dialogue frequently unintelligible.
It was only the second performance, so there were several stumbles over lines, but if you can get a ticket you might enjoy. Three stars if I'm being generous!
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Post by showgirl on Jan 22, 2020 13:11:50 GMT
Delighted that you started a thread, cherokee - thank you! I've been looking out for reviews - and have so far seen another 3-star one on a national reviews site - as I quite fancy seeing this when it reaches Guildford, but more for the outing than the play itself or production. Not a must-see for me but an old-fashioned thriller sounds quite the thing for a February matinee, so I'm not booking ahead and paying full-price but hoping for the seniors' £15 deal nearer the time. |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 7, 2020 4:55:28 GMT
OH and I enjoyed this at the matinee in Guildford yesterday. Very full house if not quite sold out and having waited until this week to book, we were able to secure the £15 deal for seats which would otherwise have cost double the price. Absolutely a "Guildford" type of play so nice for the elderly audience to have something fairly pretty surefire to enjoy as the new AD clearly continues to try to tweak the programming slightly. OH had seen the film, as had many others from what I could hear but I hadn't so had nothing to compare this version with, which probably helped, but implausible plot aside, I thought it was fine and I had the entertaining visit I expected.
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Post by Fleance on Feb 7, 2020 13:43:38 GMT
I once worked with Frederick Knott, the playwright. Lovely man.
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Post by xanady on Feb 7, 2020 17:48:35 GMT
Laughed out loud at one twitter review...it began,’Dial D For Dreadful’....lol
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Post by djdan14 on Oct 13, 2021 23:25:01 GMT
I’m not familiar with this play - are there gunshots in this production?
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Post by ruthieh on Oct 14, 2021 8:23:16 GMT
Oxford Playhouse just refunded for this due to uncertainty when it might come…
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 14, 2021 22:21:38 GMT
Oxford Playhouse just refunded for this due to uncertainty when it might come… That's a shame... when was it due to be at Oxford? I'm hoping to catch it in MK at the end of this month. Tour website currently goes up to 4th December. |
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Post by ruthieh on Oct 14, 2021 22:27:16 GMT
Oxford Playhouse just refunded for this due to uncertainty when it might come… That's a shame... when was it due to be at Oxford? I'm hoping to catch it in MK at the end of this month. Tour website currently goes up to 4th December. Originally March 2021, but postponed and date not yet confirmed. They say they’re hoping still to show it, but for now can’t confirm when. I’d still like to see it too. |
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