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Lucy Black as Teresa, Carolina Main as Catherine and rear Laura Rogers as Mary (Photo: Helen Murray)

REVIEW: The Memory of Water, Hampstead Theatre (2021)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:22 September 2021
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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As they start to empty out her wardrobes to sort the clothing into charity shop, or send to Africa, or throw away, the sisters start to laugh together. Teresa seems unaware of the inconsistencies of sending ball gowns to Zimbabwe. They each choose an evening dress and giggle away at the effect, dressing up like children.

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."

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