My Romantic History

Synopsis

Where do you meet people? Where are people meeting each other? Pubs? The gym? The supermarket? I’ll tell you where. If you haven’t met someone by the time you graduate, you’re going to marry some idiot from your work. Office romances are tricky. One moment you’re colleagues, then a quick grope after Friday night drinks and suddenly you’re in a relationship. When Tom and Amy get together after an office social, they find themselves living in each other’s pockets. But it’s not their lack of chemistry that’s the problem...

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 26 October 2010

Please Note: This review is from the production's run at Traverse Theatre in August 2010 as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.

In the first misfire of the Traverse season, DC Jackson’s My Romantic History proves an over-extended 100-minute rom com in the wake of last year’s delightful Midsummer by David Greig.

It’s funny for a while, but as Tom re-spools his office love affair with Amy, spliced with memories of his childhood sweetheart Alison – both girls played monotonously by Alison O'Donnell – Lyndsey Turner’s production feels increasingly like a repetitive first draft.

Perhaps it will improve with cuts and re-writes, but the engaging Iain Robertson, very good at hangdog scruffiness and spotty sexuality – soon runs out of rope in his portrait of nerdy but laddish Tom. Rosalind Sydney chips in well as a third, catalytic party.

Chloe Lamford’s set is a vas...

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Latest User Review

Gareth James - 27 October 2010:

Oh no, Mr Grumpy's at it again. This was the best thing in Edinburgh and just as delightful as Midsummer. Ignore him; he's clearly had his pleaseure gene surgically removed. Onassis 2* My Romantic History 2*. Please! The case for the defence rests.......

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