Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Gate Theatre (London) 2006

Gate Theatre
London, England
September 2006

Director: Melissa Kievman
Design: Hannah Clark
Sound: Neil Alexander
Lighting: David Howe
Choreography: Ann Yee

Melissa Kievman’s colourful, joyous production sports a pink set by Hannah Clark which evokes la dolce vita, the modern Italy of Mee’s text. Her energetic cast swing from lip-synching to pratfalls and from angry declamation to sentimental longing, with little more than the bat of a well-kohled eyelash.
Aleks Sierz, The Stage

So why do I hesitate to recommend this play wholeheartedly? In part because [...] it treats no aspect of its politics - sexual or otherwise - with any seriousness.
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
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