The Clowness by Gerlind Reinshagen, Gate Theatre, 8 August 1998

I wrote surprisingly vaguely about this in my log, as I am sure I wrote it up fairly soon after seeing the play:

unsure of length – recall shortish no interval

Impressionistically, I remember the evening fondly. Paula Wilcox was an actress I had only previously seen doing sitcom, but I remember realising that she really could act…and needed to for this piece.

Fortunately for posterity, despite its small scale, it was written up by proper journalists at the time. So I didn’t need to.

Robin Stringer previewed the piece in the Standard:

Stringer Standard ClownessStringer Standard Clowness 05 Aug 1998, Wed Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Kate Basset in The Telegraph hated the piece, while admiring Paula:

Bassett telegraph ClownessBassett telegraph Clowness 14 Aug 1998, Fri The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Possibly that Bassett review explains why the piece elicited so little from me.

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