Reader Reviews
Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun (Finborough, Inner London)
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 | Went to watch this with my father who did military service in Germany 2 yrs after when the play is set. Apparently very true to life. Historical accuracy aside, I found this a superb play, very intense and claustrophobic and brilliantly acted. Not a single action or intonation out of place to break the spell. Charles Aitken especially worth seeing. Get a ticket if there are any left! - Ali Thomas | 07 Jun 12 |
| Raw and real - shows what a great writer can create from his own experiences [Typo, kilburncat, it was written in 1966 :) ] and what a good director and a close and trusting company of actors can bring to it. I was lucky enough to work with John McGrath, and I think he would have been proud of this production. I'm not surprised it's selling out. Thanks to Neil McPherson and Pennard Road for reviving the play. - bizzielizzie | 07 Jun 12 |
| This play was written in 1996 and takes place in a freezing Germany at the start of the cold war in 1953. A group of mismatched but well delineated conscripts strut, argue and fight while their pusillanimous bombardier resorts to anything that will not jeopardise his plans to get home the next day. The playing of the men by the actors is a marvel to behold and plaudits must go to the director for such naturalism. It’s extraordinary that they’ve managed to convey the ambience inside the barracks and the activities outside within the confines of the Finborough’s tiny stage. The sting in the tail comes in the final few minutes and strike one as just as poignant, it seems that that the need to look as though one is doing something is constant, no matter how pointless that thing might be. - kilburncat | 27 May 12 |
