This is a weird play. But then, it is Caryl Churchill. Indeed, by Caryl Churchill standards, it is not that weird a play.
But Janie and I had never seen the play and this, as it turned out, was a good production of this play. Thea Sharrock directed it; we’d been really impressed with her at The Gate and this production no doubt added to her rising stardom.
There’s a good Almeida stub for this production – here, although the reviews are just quotes.
Reviews to be found that can be read in full are as follows:
- Michael Billington somewhat in two minds, here;
- Dominic Cavendish in the Telegraph loved it, here;
- Philip Fisher in British Theatre Guide also really liked it, here;
- Aleks Sierz in the Stage raves about it, here;
- London Theatre Guide also links to lots of reviews, here.
Enough evidence – this was good. We enjoyed ourselves and felt thoroughly sated with good theatre that weekend, having seen a super short play, Truck Stop, at the Hampstead the night before.
