I don’t think we’d been to the theatre on Boxing Day before…nor have we (to date) since.
But the timing worked for us and we thought, “why not?” We are very keen on Mike Leigh’s work generally. Also we wanted to make amends for the involuntary hoo-ha, in front of Mike Leigh’s very eyes, last time we attended one of his plays – a few months ago – especially as he had been so nice about it:
But unfortunately, we didn’t think all that much of Grief.
It had a fine cast including several of Mike Leigh’s regular stars, headed up by Lesley Manville.
The play had been developed in ensemble – the Mike Leigh method if you will. But, to us, it seemed rather dated and lacked sparkle this time.
It got somewhat mixed reviews – click here for a search term that finds them.
Below is a sort of review vid about the play/production: