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Shane Zaza as Gus and Alec Newman as Ben (Photo Helen Maybanks)

REVIEW: The Dumb Waiter, Hampstead Theatre

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:10 December 2020
Post category:Off West End Play Review
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The Dumb Waiter is a quintessential early Pinter play from 1960, one that feels almost Beckettian if not absurdist. It is set in a room, a situation with bags of sinister mystery with just two players. I always think of what the French writer Jean Anouilh said about Waiting for Godot on seeing Beckett's play for the first time in Paris in 1953. "Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful."

Simon Grujich as Manuel, Dan Wood as Basil Faulty and Katharine Mary as Sybil Faulty (Photo ANPR)

REVIEW: Faulty Towers, the Dining Experience, Torquay Suite Radisson Blu Hotel, Bloomsbury Street

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:5 December 2020
Post category:Comedy Play Review West End
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The first course, Tomato Soup with basil (of course) is served and Manuel's prat falls, crashing into swing doors and antics with nuts and bowls make us grin and grin.

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REVIEW: The Old House, the Actors Centre, streaming

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:5 December 2020
Post category:Off West End Play Review
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Superbly directed by Kath Burlinson, this is a masterclass in acting and characterisation. The play starts with the actor switching posture to play both women but varies with a recording of just the mother's voice so we can see all of the daughter's reactions to her mother's words. Later with clever editing, a split screen allows us to see and hear both mother and daughter at once.