Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Synopsis

Set in the early 1960s, Edward Albee’s explosive play captures the mood of a society on the brink of massive change. Ferociously funny and emotionally raw, this is a compelling rollercoaster ride into the darkest depths of love and marriage. Fifty years after the original play was set, the emotive issues raised are as relevant now as they were then. The 1960s were classed as a sexual, political and musical revolution, when risks were taken and groundbreaking changes evolved. This new production will provide a sexy, sassy, and stirring look into the volatile world of relationships.

Our Review:

15 April 2009

It is only three years since the West End hosted the definitive revival of Edward Albee’s lacerating 1962 marital punch-up in front of the guests (starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin), but Andrew Hall’s version – first seen in the Lichfield Garrick studio last October – proves there is always room for another look at this unrelenting, brilliantly written masterpiece of insult, humiliation and cruel acrimony.

Albee has always said that while the actress playing Martha usually gains all the attention, the role of George is the most important as he drives the play and makes things happen. Matthew Kelly’s performance is a revelation, stooped and hangdog, cowering behind black horn-rimmed spectacles, given to whiplash outbursts of sarcasm and bitterness.

His George is the man who never fulfilled his promise and has been ground down by failure in the history faculty of a small New Carthage college where Martha...

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