Reader Reviews
Tinderbox (The Bush Theatre, Inner London)
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 | I felt I was watching an succession of impressions. David Brent and Alison Steadman with a spitting Image Scotsman thrown in for good/bad measure. The dialogue was tedious and going nowhere. What is the point I kept thinking? Fortunately I was relieved of having to sit through the second act due to the indisposition of one of the cast members ..... perhaps they'd had enough of it too? The Bush well off form. - rds | 19 Feb 10 |
| John Cooper Clarke's "Beasley Street" put on a small stage. Brilliant, sad, tragic, and funny. I really enjoyed it. Martin - Martin | 21 May 08 |
| This play is FANTASTIC!! I really enjoyed it. Brilliant cast very, very funny. Sheridan was outstanding and so was the rest of the cast. It was great from start to finish and the ending was great I dont know how anyone could leave at the interval.If I could get to see it again I would. I agree with Mark it belongs in the west end. Well done to the cast. - Kate | 12 May 08 |
| Well I almost agree with everything Gareth says except I thought the acting too was atrocious. I left at the interval - life is too short to waste it on this shite. It was interminable and there was no way I would suffer anymore. It's badly written, poorly directed and played abysmally. I kept having to say to myself, I am in The Bush Theatre aren't I? It's as if Monty Python did a take on Sweeney Todd on Acid. It is a miserable attempt at puerile comedy. Utterly, utterly, dire. It should have been pulled at page one of the reading. Don't waste your life or even your hard earned money on this trash. - rds | 09 May 08 |
| Well, I'm clearly out-of-synch on this one. In c.25 years of visiting The Bush I don’t think I’ve ever walked out before. The failure of the air-conditioning in a new claustrophobic configuration of the space didn’t help, but had the play been any good I’d have suffered for my art in what is one of my very favourite theatres. Sadly this is a very laboured black comedy trying (but failing) to make some points about what’s happening to the country / planet. Even excellent performances by Sheriden Smith, Jamie Foreman and Bryan Dick can’t rescue this deeply disappointing play. I sincerely hope this configuration of the space isn’t permanent as the sightlines are poor, much of the intimacy is lost and it really is claustrophobic. - Gareth James | 04 May 08 |
| A Brilliant play with an air of Sweeney Todd, the cast play the roles so brilliantly (Sheridan Smith wows the audience with her charm and brilliance from curtain up till curtain down), this play deserves a bigger theatre and a mainstream west end move! - Mark Johnson | 29 Apr 08 |
| Set in a butchers in Bradford of the future we delve into the very strange existance of Saul,Perchik and Vanessa. I Loved it!,all the cast are so brillaint especially the amazing Sheridan Smith who is just a class act! - Tim | 29 Apr 08 |
