Our first theatre visit of the year, we thought this one got us off to a cracking start. Click here or on the picture below to read the Finborough’s bumf on the play/production.
Six superb performances – a really talented troupe, which, frankly, this play needs. We’d recently seen Benjamin Cawley in The Strange Death of John Doe at the Hampstead Studio…
…and even more recently seen Gabriel Akuwudike in Dealing With Clair at the Orange Tree.
Time Is Love/Tiempo es Amor is a fairly traditional revenge tragedy plot, played out in a sort-of film noir style. Imagine Raymond Chandler, Tennessee Williams and David Mamet collaborating on a revenge play set in the Latino (or should I say Latinx?) community in Los Angeles…you might be getting an idea of it.
At the end of a long week there’s always a risk that a 90 minute play without an interval will test our attention span – but this racey and pacey piece held our attention throughout.
Credit to Daisy for choosing this one – in truth, I wasn’t attracted to it by the bumf. Also, the fact that the writer, Chè Walker, was also directing, raised alarm bells with me. The absence of the checks and balances that a separate writer and director brings to a play/production is often a road to weakness, but in this case I think Chè Walker has pulled off a coup.
Daisy was ever so pleased with herself when we recalled that this one was very much her idea.
Here is a link to the reviews – so far mixed – but our vote is with the best of them. A great start to our year of theatre-going.