Ruby Wax - Losing It?
From: Tuesday, 15th February 2011
To: Saturday, 19 March 2011
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Michael Coveney - 25 February 2011
Ruby Wax is a depressive who cheers you up a little bit in her new solo show, Losing It, in which there’s another depressive - songwriter Judith Owen - seated at a baby grand electric piano.
I suppose it’s the same as two negatives almost making a positive, but not quite: this is not an “acting” performance - it’s a searingly honest account of what happened. And it’s all part of the new “out” campaign for mental illness, which now has its day in the sun, Wax says, after witchcraft, homosexuality and cancer.
Wax and Owen have been performing the show in NHS centres and expensive rehab hospitals for over a year. Good for them. But it seems an odd choice for the Menier, even with Thea Sharrock directing so discreetly you can’t see what she’s done, and the best bits are those when Wax relaxes in Joan Rivers mode, beating herself up over her family and social entrapment with ...
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Joe Spiteri - 9 March 2011:
After reading quite negative reports in the papers, I wondered if I would enjoy this but I did. A few bits went flat but in general it was Witty and also quite educational and thought it a brave thing for Ruby and Judith to do. The questions and answers in the second half was also interesting and I left with a better insight on depression--a very valuable and adult piece of theatre...
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