A Passionate Woman
From: Friday, 1st February 2013
To: Saturday, 23 February 2013
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Synopsis
A middle aged mother relives her youth. Betty is in ready for her son's wedding - so why is she in the attic? Could it be that she doesn't like the bride, is fed up with her husband's meanness or is jealous of her sister's good looks and four husbands? Comedy.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 4 February 2013
I suppose that there's a 19-year old still lurking somewhere in every middle-aged man or woman. Kay Mellor's take on this – which it is well-known was inspired by something in her own mother's life – gives the soubriquet of "a passionate woman" to Betty on the morning of her adored son's wedding-day. But "a passionate man" might equally be applied to Betty's apparently dour and down-to-earth husband Donald.
As with all good comedy, there's heartbreak bubbling up through the frothy crust. It's helped along in this case by one of Rodney Ford's ingenious sets as well as by cleverly nuanced performances sympathetically nudged along by Bob Carlton's direction. The nominal star of the show may be Marji Campi as Betty, all powder-pink crimpelene shrouded in a wrap-round overall – and she is very good – but James Earl Adair and Sam Pay as Donald and bridegroom Mark match her.
The cast is completed by Mark Newnham as the young ...
Cast
Creative
Kay Mellor (Author)
Cut to the Chase (Company)
Bob Carlton (Director)
Rodney Ford (Design)
Christopher Howcroft (Lighting)
Simon Jessop (assistant) (Director)
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