Reader Reviews
Nine Parts of Desire (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 |
| The piece works because she has taken some wonderful observations and some very meaningful material and crafted it well for the most part, however there is some puff and very Americana smaltzy type lines (like the Artist who absorbed all women’s experiences seemed a bit disingenuous to me). I particularly liked her Bedouin woman, a fantastic portrayal and some wonderfully touching and funny lines but oh so real at the same time. Ms Raffo is certainly able to act but I would like to see other of her works to better judge her writing ability, I would have to say that a lot of this play, and quite rightly, comes from real people, observations and experiences. - USER: Whatsonstage.com (82.35.62.168) | 24 Sep 03 |
