Stage Fright
From: Tuesday, 2nd February 2010
To: Saturday, 20 February 2010
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Synopsis
A savagely funny satire on celebrity and theatre. Stage Fright charts the struggle for supremacy between three actors appearing in a play together; old friends Peter and Charles, and Geraldine, the young and vulnerable actress they have befriended. As opening night approaches, it becomes apparent that Geraldine is not who she appears to be, and the friends must fight to salvage their pride, their identity and their reputations in this thought-provoking tragicomedy. Not suitable for under 12s.
Our Review:
Theo Bosanquet - 4 February 2010
The big draw of Stage Fright is the chance it affords to assess whether former lads' mag favourite Abi Titmuss can really cut it on stage. But Lynn Howes' comedy is such a lame duck that it's actually rather difficult to tell – you could ask Fiona Shaw to deliver this material and she'd come out looking like an amateur.
Drain a comedy of laughs and you're left with little but a framework, and in this case that framework is hideously contrived and offers nothing in the way of suspense or surprise. Billed as “savagely funny” (aren't they always), in actuality it's savagely dull, and should never have made it to the rehearsal room, nevermind the stage.
The plot revolves around the attempt of two old friends – struggling actor Charles (Sion Tudor-Owen) and struggling writer Peter (Alex Barclay) – to mount a West End comeback, the former motivated primarily by a desire to get closer to ruthlessly ambitious wannabe celebrity Gera...
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Lynn Howes (Author)
Emma Taylor (Director)
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