Tomorrow Morning

Synopsis

The clock ticks by as two couples prepare themselves for the monumental day ahead. When morning comes, twenty-somethings John and Kat will marry and embark upon a new life, while older couple Jack and Catherine will sign their divorce papers. As the night goes on, it becomes clear that all is not what it once seemed. Are we watching two couples, or just one couple on two pivotal nights in their life together?

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 20 October 2010

Tomorrow morning, one couple, John and Kat, will be married, and one, Jack and Catherine, divorced. Are they the same couple separated by ten years? Or are they representative characters of love and aspiration among the middles classes. Are they English or American?

God is always in the detail, but not in any great detail, in Laurence Mark Wythe’s decently composed but finally anodyne, all-purpose song cycle, given a lavish (by fringe standards), smart and attentive production by Robert McWhir, four years after its New End Theatre premiere.

Chris de Wilde’s set is an Advent calendar of beige doors that open to reveal props and mementoes and, in a vocal tango, some clues to secrets of addiction to food, lingerie and porn. And it’s not only when it’s fairly funny do you think of Sondheim doing this sort of number so much better.

There’s a four-piece band led by David Randall on keyboards. The actor/singers are miked, which seems insane in such a tiny room. One of the ...

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Steve - 11 November 2010:

What a great show to discover. I really loved the whole thing. Julie Atherton and Jon Lee are both excellent and seem to have a real chemistry. I loved the direction/staging too. The use of the wall of boxes was great I thought. The only thing letting it down was the sound. Despite having what looked like bluetooth headsets strapped to the side of their faces I couldn't hear some of the lyrics because of the band and at other times the voices were way too loud. Surely a show like that in such a small space shouldn't need microphones at all! Just let the MD keep the band fairly quite so the cast can sing over them. The Donmar never used to use mics and it was great to hear unamplified voices, but even they've switched over so everything's miked now....

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