Woman in Mind
Sat, 13 Mar 2004, 03:01 pmNorma1 post in thread
Woman in Mind
Sat, 13 Mar 2004, 03:01 pmAfter all the trauma they have recently experienced, Harbour Theatre people could be forgiven for being a little nervous at last night's official opening night of this Alan Ayckbourn play, certainly one of his darker ones.
I am happy to report that they rose to the task and presented a first class show, much appreciated by an almost full house.
Stuart Riches as a very late replacement (2 weeks ago with 300 lines to learn ) carried off this task with aplomb. His use of a 'crib' at times was done with discrete ease and certainly didn't detract from the action. He proved a good foil to leading lady Joan Scafe whose portrayal of a woman gradually descending into a mental abyss deserves to be seen to be appreciated.
This isn't a review in the accepted sense, so I'm not going through the excellent cast by name.
All I want to say here is, go and see it and judge for yourselves, but you won't be disappointed at the standard of this community theare production.
I am happy to report that they rose to the task and presented a first class show, much appreciated by an almost full house.
Stuart Riches as a very late replacement (2 weeks ago with 300 lines to learn ) carried off this task with aplomb. His use of a 'crib' at times was done with discrete ease and certainly didn't detract from the action. He proved a good foil to leading lady Joan Scafe whose portrayal of a woman gradually descending into a mental abyss deserves to be seen to be appreciated.
This isn't a review in the accepted sense, so I'm not going through the excellent cast by name.
All I want to say here is, go and see it and judge for yourselves, but you won't be disappointed at the standard of this community theare production.