★★★★☆ For those unfamiliar with the precursor to this stage version of a film by the same name, the plot is a simple one: how to mend a broken heart. The heart in question is that of singer/songwriter, Guy (Daniel Healy), whose girlfriend has upped and gone to the Big Apple and left him bereft of his muse and all but willing to make matchsticks out of his guitar which he discards like an unloved wet sock.
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★★★★☆ Freshly unwrapped, wound up and bouncing with energy, Daisy Wood-Davis owns the stage as Carole. Inevitably with this genre there is little opportunity for emotional development, but Ms Wood-Davis has a cat’s whisker control over the development of Ms King’s maturing personality
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★★★★☆ A married couple go at each other as if they’ve hated one another for their whole 21 years of marriage. Bickering; insulting and rude; the jibes and taunts come out like pellets from a gun in a kids cartoon.
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★★★★☆ The story doesn’t pull any punches. The cast told us that they’re taking the production to the Houses of Parliament – and I certainly wouldn’t like to be Michael Gove watching this! The play uses evidence from interviews, public documents, and transcripts of hearings to present a scathing critique of modern British society.
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★★☆☆☆ This adaption by Carl Grose sets the action in the 1950s on a stormy Bodmin Moor and true to the melodramatic roots proceeds to bash the audience around the chops with plot details. If the dénouement wasn’t quite predictable neither was it shocking, despite much flashing of lights and thunderclaps.
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★★★☆☆ This production, by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre school, highlights a certain problem faced by the school or producer when choosing a production which allows students to get a fair crack of the whip in showcasing their talents.
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