April in Paris
From: Tuesday, 29th March 2011
To: Saturday, 2 April 2011
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Synopsis
Bet and Al lead a hum-drum, if not claustrophobic, life with the friction in their relationship similar to the banter that goes on between all partners, until Bet wins a short holiday for two in Paris. It's their first time abroad, and they find themselves dealing with everyday French situations in an all too recognisably English way. But the break has profound effects on the way they look at the world around them; their horizons have opened up immeasurably, and once they return home can they settle back so easily into the life they once led? Contains adult language.
Our Review:
30 March 2011
The strained marriage of Al (Rob Angell) and Bet (Wendi Peters) reaches a turning point with a holiday in Paris that might bring them closer or end the relationship. The script, by writer and director John Godber is warm and also very funny but the subjects from which he draws humour (French plumbing!) show that the play is ageing badly.
Often he also shies away from emotional depth. So, rather than examine the thousand small things that put a relationship under pressure, Godber attributes the problems of the couple to Al’s feeling of emasculation following redundancy -which is valid but all too neat and tidy. The absence of background information makes it hard to accept that a single night in Paris can have such a profound effect.
Pip Leckenby achieves a coup with a set that takes us from the banal surroundings of the couple’s home to a wonderfully garish interpretation of the City of Lights.
Where the production really shines is with the...
Creative
John Godber (Author)
Hull Truck Theatre (Company)
John Godber (Director)
Pip Leckenby (Design)
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