Post by lynette on Mar 7, 2020 23:41:13 GMT
Indeed a rock roaring performance. Rafe created the characters well, the interactions with the audience were conducted with wit and the props were stylishly presented and made use of. Lighting, sound all very effective. Pity about the script. It was trying to do two things, a sharp one place, one time situation and then a longer time narrative. The flashbacks were just about ok but the funeral, then the room scene and then the super quick arrival the ashes ( despite the comment to justify this) didn’t work at all. I thought at times I was watching Eastenders. Lots of cliche and trope stuff about being English. West Indian and Asian, like the last twenty years haven’t happened. Brexit will be there in most contemporary plays for evermore I suppose, hey ho. I did not think the whole racism subject was hard hitting enough. I was reminded of Alf Garnet, such an easy target to strike down. The references to Moseley etc didn’t convince. Perhaps reality is so much scarier these days.
Rafe was convincing most of the time but I did think he had 'nowhere to go' having started so intensely. I couldn’t understand what he said for the first few minutes and I expect that was deliberate. I was sitting right by the platform stage but not in the cafe style pit but Rafe careering towards me at full tilt was fun....
Rafe was convincing most of the time but I did think he had 'nowhere to go' having started so intensely. I couldn’t understand what he said for the first few minutes and I expect that was deliberate. I was sitting right by the platform stage but not in the cafe style pit but Rafe careering towards me at full tilt was fun....
