Reader Reviews
The Brothers Size (The Young Vic, Inner London)
Back to Show Details| Score | Comment | Date |
 | Everything about this show is first class and amazing, apart from the ignorant, rude kids in the audience, who don't know how to behave in public. They would be the first to take offence if you didn't give them 'respek'. - Joesmith | 10 Dec 07 |
| One of the most original and well-staged plays this year with three great performances. - Gareth James | 03 Dec 07 |
| I can't recommend this enough. It is a very different piece of theatre. I saw it on Wed 21Nov and still keep thinking of it. It is a straight run through of 90 minutes and I was captivated from the start to the end. Excellent acting so much so that you could swear these were two real brothers exchanging the pain and joys through the history of their relationship. The percussion music works beautifully. The writing is almost poetry and has a definite rhythm at times. I found the southern states accent a little hard to follow at first but it soon becomes clear. I bought the book and read it the following day. Looking forward to going another time and being transfixed once again. - Gerard | 28 Nov 07 |
| Saw this at the matinee yesterday, recommended for the performances of the three actors, who certainly throw themselves into their roles with enthusiam. It does have a very lyrical quality and the device by which the actors let us know what is happening by saying stage directions before their characters speak ("Elegba enters from the left, sliding in like the moon" etc) might take a bit of getting used to, but contributes to the mood of the piece. I hope the young vic does the 2nd and 3rd parts of the trilogy. There's some good singing from all the actors also. - mark | 18 Nov 07 |
