Post by jr on Jul 9, 2023 7:09:54 GMT
parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/disruption
Saw the 2nd preview last evening. Allowing for that (I think it took 20-30 minutes longer than expected, they advertised 1h50m, we left at quarter to 10), I don't think it is a very good play. It is full of cliches (they are all rich, successful Newyorkers with rich people's problems I cannot relate to) and too many characters for the author to deal with, he just stays on the surface. The acting is very uneven; I really liked Debbie Korley and Rosanna Hyland was very good too. A couple of them were terrible: flat delivering of lines, lack of rhythm. I am not a native English speaker but I found the accents all over the place, but maybe me that was me. Or the characters are from different places and I didn't get that.
I think the director does what he can. There a few transitions with raincoats and umbrellas that I did not get, you could cut them and nothing would be affected. I won't spoil the ending but I thought it was too short and did not add anything.
If google was right ( I checked the photographs), the author was in the audience, I was a couple of seats away. He was laughing a lot (usually the only one doing it), quite loudly, at his own lines. I found that a bit weird, maybe he was trying to be encouraging.
I hope it gets better during the previews and wish them good luck. I would be interested in reading what other people think.
Saw the 2nd preview last evening. Allowing for that (I think it took 20-30 minutes longer than expected, they advertised 1h50m, we left at quarter to 10), I don't think it is a very good play. It is full of cliches (they are all rich, successful Newyorkers with rich people's problems I cannot relate to) and too many characters for the author to deal with, he just stays on the surface. The acting is very uneven; I really liked Debbie Korley and Rosanna Hyland was very good too. A couple of them were terrible: flat delivering of lines, lack of rhythm. I am not a native English speaker but I found the accents all over the place, but maybe me that was me. Or the characters are from different places and I didn't get that.
I think the director does what he can. There a few transitions with raincoats and umbrellas that I did not get, you could cut them and nothing would be affected. I won't spoil the ending but I thought it was too short and did not add anything.
If google was right ( I checked the photographs), the author was in the audience, I was a couple of seats away. He was laughing a lot (usually the only one doing it), quite loudly, at his own lines. I found that a bit weird, maybe he was trying to be encouraging.
I hope it gets better during the previews and wish them good luck. I would be interested in reading what other people think.
