Timing

Synopsis

Another day, another job, another pointless product to sell. But when Julian Mann goes to work one morning, the last person he expects to find alongside him in the tiny room is his 'ex'. And she's not just any 'ex'. She's the 'ex' - the woman who captured his heart, the woman who shared his life for five years, the woman who walked out on him and who hasn't spoken to him since.

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 8 October 2009

The last new play Nica Burns produced at the King’s Head, she boasts in the programme, was Toby Young and Lloyd Evans’ Who’s the Daddy? – so Alistair McGowan’s debut drama can only mark an improvement in her relationship with the struggling fringe theatre.

Timing’s not going to loom large in any awards ceremonies, but there are some fairly funny bits in the London voice-over studio where copywriters, actors, sound engineer and producer Leonie – a preppy Sloane, deliciously played by Louise Ford – gather to make an advert for a new sat-nav system.

McGowan has been a man of many parts, and voices, in his time but his latest impression as a playwright is not yet as good as his David Beckham. Director Tamara Harvey’s snappy direction can’t prevent the show sagging horribly in the middle – and it’s only 90 minutes long – and the suggestion that a crucifixion might be the only thing worse than a warm beer proves that good jokes are much harder...

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Latest User Review

ajh - 26 October 2009:

I thought this was delightful: laugh-out-loud funny and unexpectedly touching. The cast are excellent, but especially Louise Ford as Leonie, a great comic creation. Very highly recommended....

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