Barefoot in the Park
From: Monday, 23rd April 2012
To: Saturday, 28 April 2012
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Synopsis
High from the excitement of an idyllic honeymoon, returning newlyweds Paul and Corrie climb even higher to their freezing top floor apartment, and discover that this is where reality begins. A mother who can't let go, an eccentric roof dwelling Lothario and a marriage on the rocks.
Our Review:
27 April 2012
I have always been slightly weary of a director who elects to direct themselves – however, luckily, Maureen Lipman had a (curiously unpublicised) co-director in Peter Cregeen for this production of Barefoot in the Park.
Arguably one of Broadway’s greatest comedies of the 60s, Barefoot in the Park effectively launched the careers of both Neil Simon and Robert Redford with the tale of Paul and Corrie Bratter’s first two weeks of marriage. Set in a fifth floor apartment in downtown New York, which cumulates in a perfectly constructed final act leaving plenty of questions unanswered.
Faye Castelow shines in a carefully balanced portrayal of Corrie, as she returns to her training city (Oxford School of Drama) – surely a name to keep an eye out for the future. Dominic Tighe’s career hardly needs a leg-up (having recently finished a stint with Propeller); however his nervy Paul will do no harm.
Maureen Lipman excels as Corrie’s frustrated mother in this rich...
Cast
Maureen Lipman (Mrs Banks)
Oliver Cotton (Victor Velasco)
Faye Castelow (Corrie)
Dominic Tighe (Paul)
Creative
Neil Simon (Author)
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (Producer)
Maureen Lipman (with Peter Cregeen) (Director)
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