In truth we don’t remember much about this one. I made no notes in my log about it. I think we quite liked it, but it felt like fairly standard Hampstead Theatre fare.
The Hampstead was still in the portacabins back then, so small, chamber-style work was all the place comfortably could do. Still, we liked the place and went occasionally.
Paul Taylor in the Indy liked it:
Best Friend Taylor Indy 05 Feb 2000, Sat The Independent (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Charles Spencer in the Telegraph also liked it quite a bit:
Best Friend Spencer Telegraph 27 Jan 2000, Thu The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
On the other hand, Nicholas de Jongh in The Standard described it as bland:
Best Friend de Jongh Standard 25 Jan 2000, Tue Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
We saw it on a Friday evening, so no doubt, in those days, we went to Harry Morgans in St John’s Wood for some crazy=cracing-J-food on the way to the theatre.