Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench

Synopsis

"If you've nothing nice to say...come sit by me!" Five ladies in the later, seasoned years of life meet daily in the park. Five ladies from very different backgrounds share common bonds about their past, their present and beyond. An hilarious and moving story of five wonderful women guaranteed to make you laugh...and cry.

Our Review:

Karen Bussell - 18 May 2011

There are no blue-haired ladies and no green park bench in Alan Cohen’s glossy 10th anniversary production of John A Penzotti’s comedy.

Slick one-liners and Alan Miller Bunford’s technicolor picture postcard sets add up to a plastic American sitcom feel.

Five Blue-Haired Ladies Sitting On A Green Park Bench has apparently entertained audiences the world over but although the five actresses are excellent in their roles, the piece is slow, predictable and, frankly, somewhat tedious.

There’s not much action and a load of talk as the feisty five while away their remaining hours on wooden benches in a benign New York park (not a mugger in sight despite handbags constantly being left unattended) chatting about the past and their current ailments.

The familiar themes are there: creaky joints, short term memory loss, nursing homes, parasitic grandchildren, uncaring kids and once upon a time.

Anne Charleston (Neighbour’s Madge Bishop) is con...

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Latest User Review

Jack Taylor - 21 May 2011:

Shame no-one had the idea of transferring the whole thing to an English park with all the wonderful regional characters which could have occupied the benches. The word tedious is well chosen, haven't we been blighted with enough American garbage (see there's another one)The half empty theatre after being on since Monday is probably the most eloquent review. ...

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