Post by marion on Mar 23, 2022 18:28:23 GMT
Well much to my surprise it was great! The audience (not that full) gave it a very warm reception, plus one heckler when the leading man was being particularly self-pitying, 😂.
The staging was very clever and I could hear them all, always a plus. Oliver Farnworth, whose name means nothing to me but I think he was in Corrie, played the adulterer and I thought he did it pretty well, plus he is on stage nearly all the time. They merely push on a sofa or a bed etc to set the scene so no time is lost with set changes. Susie Amy plays Alex, the vamp, taking over from Kym Marsh. I thought she did the role very well, and a lot more considered than the deranged Glenn Close! There was tension but no leaping out of your seat as in some of the film’s set pieces. (The bunny was clearly a soft toy, thank goodness! 🐰) There isn’t a lot to be done with the supporting roles really but it was carried out very effectively, and the ending differs from the film with the writer’s original finale reinstated.
I think in the film Alex is played in such a manic fashion that sympathies can go to Michael Douglas as a beleaguered man who just made a mistake. Sympathies in Richmond were very much NOT with Oliver Farnworth!
The staging was very clever and I could hear them all, always a plus. Oliver Farnworth, whose name means nothing to me but I think he was in Corrie, played the adulterer and I thought he did it pretty well, plus he is on stage nearly all the time. They merely push on a sofa or a bed etc to set the scene so no time is lost with set changes. Susie Amy plays Alex, the vamp, taking over from Kym Marsh. I thought she did the role very well, and a lot more considered than the deranged Glenn Close! There was tension but no leaping out of your seat as in some of the film’s set pieces. (The bunny was clearly a soft toy, thank goodness! 🐰) There isn’t a lot to be done with the supporting roles really but it was carried out very effectively, and the ending differs from the film with the writer’s original finale reinstated.
I think in the film Alex is played in such a manic fashion that sympathies can go to Michael Douglas as a beleaguered man who just made a mistake. Sympathies in Richmond were very much NOT with Oliver Farnworth!
Anymore to come?
