Fear

Synopsis

When a late-night robbery goes wrong, a young banker's life ends and his attacker's takes a dramatic turn. A tale of difference and greed in contemporary London, Dominic Savage's debut play takes a deeper look at what we value, and what we fear.

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 26 June 2012

Fear, which marks the stage debut of the experienced documentary filmmaker Dominic Savage, is an interesting rarity: an angry play that is almost embarrassingly feeble.

It’s the kind of schematic, confrontational class warfare drama which might strike you as lively and promising in a schools, or youth drama, context - where it would also seem more authentic - but which shrivels in the spotlight at an establishment fringe venue.

Two worlds collide: that of a restless street hoodlum, Kieran (Aymen Hamdouchi), whose mother is goading him into getting out of bed and going to the job centre; and of sleek investment banker Gerald (Rupert Evans) whose wife Amanda (Louise Delamere) is pregnant.

“I like the buzz of the fear in your eyes in the alley,” says one to the other, deriding his “Weybridge” lifestyle, his Porsche and any other clothing or accessory label that blurs his vision. Mind you, even the wife i...

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Latest User Review

Dave F-T - 14 July 2012:

I have seen a lot of crap in my time but this is right up there. Some good actors do their best, but the writing is as badas it gets. Wow. And this was the thing the bush pinned its hopes on to pull it out of a tailspin? Jeez...

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