Baggage
From: Thursday, 6th September 2012
To: Saturday, 6 October 2012
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Synopsis
Latter-day likely lads collide head on with the powerful world of internet dating. It's the online quest for that solitary Prada in a sea of Primark. Baggage is the story of two close friends, reunited at a funeral, hoping to repair their damaged relationship. Flashback to Primrose Hill and Lima airport in 2007... and enjoy their internet dating rollercoaster. Can old friends re-connect and true love prevail, or is it just too late? Internet Dating. Add to basket and then checkout - or carry on shopping?
Our Review:
13 September 2012
John Muirhead and Mike Charlesworth's online dating comedy is a one-night stand of a play – fun, but not worth taking home to mum.
The somewhat cliquey tale of Primrose Hill daters and their intertwined love-lives, Baggage has four capable leads, and occasionally smart dialogue, but is too scrappily plotted and unpolished to show itself off to best effect.
While there's plenty to like in Charlie De'Ath's charmingly cynical dating maven and fashionista cougar (Suzanne Shaw), and their "just nice" bezzies Richard Mylan and Nicola Stapleton too, the format holds the drama back. The play's chronology is unpleasantly disjointed, relying heavily on flashbacks and -forwards to work in the various dates and encounters required to see how the characters get on with each other.
Each principal has a fulsome backstory and one, for no discernible dramati...
Latest User Review
Alex - 2 October 2012:
A wasted evening. Totally missable! ...
Cast
Charlie De'ath (James)
Richard Mylan (Adam)
Suzanne Shaw (Geraldine)
Nicola Stapleton (Sandy)
Dan Wilder
Creative
John Muirhead (Author)
Mike Charlesworth (Author)
Audrey Cooke (Director)
Adam Wiltshire (Design)
Matthew Newbury (Lighting)
Mark Dunne (Sound)
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