Trafalgar Studios
Thursday 28th August 2008 - 2.30pm
What’s it about?
How would you react if you started dating a fat girl? This is the dilemma facing Tom (Robert Webb) as he meets Helen (Ella Smith) and finds himself at odds from his best friend Carter (Kris Marshall) and Ex – Girlfriend Jeannie (Joanna Page) in the Neil LaBute comedy Fat Pig.
What’s Good?
A genuine chemistry appearing between Robert Webb and Ella Smith gives Fat Pig a warmth that is seen far too rarely in the West End these days, add in stellar performances from Kris Marshall and Joanna Page as well as some expert comic timing from all four, and you have a play which holds the audience in fits of laughter
throughout.
What’s Bad?
The play is performed to a standard whereby any negatives would merely be nit-picking at what is in fact a fantastic production.
Overall?
Fat Pig is a charmingly relevant and genuinely funny play about an all too common taboo of modern day society. A definite recommendation for fans of theatre.
Thursday 28 August 2008
Tuesday 5 August 2008
Under The Blue Sky
Duke of York’s Theatre
Monday 4th August 2008 - 7.45pm
What’s it about?
Under The Blue Sky is David Eldridge’s exploration of the private lives of teachers, away from the classroom, where their lives revolve around conflicts of lust and love. The play is written as three stories, subtly related to each other.
What’s Good?
The cast, including Catherine Tate, Francesca Annis and Chris O’Dowd exert themselves to the best of their abilities and, in the most part, are able to hold the attention of the audience during their half hour acts.
What’s Bad?
Essentially the first two stories begin to repeat themselves after the first ten minutes of the act. Once this starts to happen, no matter what appears in the script to act as a “twist” to the plot, the whole performance begins to get a bit dull, and needlessly so really as before the stories become repetitive they’re actually quite interesting.
Overall
Catherine Tate recently made headlines stating that she felt the theatre was too expensive, I do agree with this opinion, however, the most annoying aspect Under The Blue Sky is that if the tickets were sold at half the price, the show would still not be anywhere near worth the admission fee.
Monday 4th August 2008 - 7.45pm
What’s it about?
Under The Blue Sky is David Eldridge’s exploration of the private lives of teachers, away from the classroom, where their lives revolve around conflicts of lust and love. The play is written as three stories, subtly related to each other.
What’s Good?
The cast, including Catherine Tate, Francesca Annis and Chris O’Dowd exert themselves to the best of their abilities and, in the most part, are able to hold the attention of the audience during their half hour acts.
What’s Bad?
Essentially the first two stories begin to repeat themselves after the first ten minutes of the act. Once this starts to happen, no matter what appears in the script to act as a “twist” to the plot, the whole performance begins to get a bit dull, and needlessly so really as before the stories become repetitive they’re actually quite interesting.
Overall
Catherine Tate recently made headlines stating that she felt the theatre was too expensive, I do agree with this opinion, however, the most annoying aspect Under The Blue Sky is that if the tickets were sold at half the price, the show would still not be anywhere near worth the admission fee.
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