Janie and I gave this one a single word review in my log:
Superb.
A very memorable evening in the theatre. Set on and about the people of the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, we were both captivated by this play and production.
The cast: Paola Dionisotti, Gary McInnes, Kevin McMonagle, Darrell D’Silva, Arlene Cockburn and Greg Knowles were all superb, with Paola Dionisotti being the stand out performer. Here is a link to the Theatricalia entry.
We saw a London preview, although the production was a transfer from Edinburgh.
Nicholas de Jongh was pretty pleased with it, rating it very good:
Further de Jongh Standard 11 Oct 2000 Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
The production had played in Edinburgh at the Traverse a couple of months earlier – most of the national papers’ reviews were from Edinburgh.
Here’s Charles Spencer gushing about it:
Further Spencer Telegraph 8 Aug 2000 The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Paul Taylor in the Independent also spoke highly:
Further Taylor Indy 19 Aug 2000 The Independent (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
A few of the reviews, including this anonymous one from The Guardian, suggest that the play was too long – but clearly Janie and I were sufficiently captivated, as long plays rarely got “superb” ratings form us:
Further Guardian 8 Aug 2000 The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com