Alan Ayckbourn - the marmite of melodrama! You know what you’re going to get, so I can only blame myself for not being in
the mood for a good-old-fashioned farce of misunderstandings and never ending
‘moider’. I gave this production a chance; impressive cast, great theatre, cheap
tickets, but same old scenarios which now feels dated and deflated. It’s
a very clever play, a real theatrical gem from the 79 plays he’s written. But I
was bored, genuinely confused and almost fell asleep (as my thespian neighbour did!)
during the painfully long, milking of the comedy. A very brave effort by this
committed company to breathe reality into these comic caricatures, but it all
felt too strained and convenient for my liking.
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