Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally, Orange Tree Theatre, 12 December 1998

The end of a weird quarter, during which we only went to the theatre five times, all of those visits being in Richmond.

Anyway, we both rather liked this play/production, rating it:

A good one.

Very much an off-Broadway play, Lips Together, Teeth Apart worked really well in the round at The Orange Tree.

Nick Curtis was quite taken with it in The Standard:

Lips Curtis StandardLips Curtis Standard 17 Nov 1998, Tue Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

No doubt we ate at Don Fernando’s afterwards – we pretty much always did, although I seem to recall trying an alternative place (Italian I think) that proved less satisfactory on one of those five autumn 1998 visits to Richmond.

Sperm Wars by David Lewis, Orange Tree Theatre, 3 October 1998

My log is silent on this one. I think we quite liked it but clearly didn’t rave about it. Our diaries add nothing. Not even the fact that, almost certainly, we went to Don Fernando afterwards for a Spanish meal.

The local gazette papers had a rave review for this piece:

Sperm Harrison GazettesSperm Harrison Gazettes 16 Oct 1998, Fri Ealing and Acton Gazette (Ealing, London, England) Newspapers.com

Nick Curtis in The Standard was less sure:

Sperm Curtis StandardSperm Curtis Standard 23 Sep 1998, Wed Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com