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Post by Rory on Sept 14, 2021 10:06:02 GMT
Brilliant news! I had a ticket for this and then couldn't go and was gutted to have missed it!
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Post by Steve on Sept 15, 2021 16:02:22 GMT
I caught the Anna Maxwell Martin-Chris O'Dowd combo, at the last minute, a couple of weeks ago, and loved it. Some spoilers follow. . . Where Rafe Spall-Sally Hawkins were mystical and dreamy, and Russell Tovey-Omari Douglas were equal parts dramatic and hilarious, the Anna Maxwell Martin-Chris O'Dowd version felt, for me, desperately tragic for much of the playing time. The main reason for this was Anna Maxwell Martin. She's such a thoughtful and intelligent presence that I couldn't help but wince every time she stumbled in her words, her impending illness developing. Previously, my experience of this illness in the play was that Omari Douglas and Sally Hawkins might not fully know and experience the weight of it at times, but Anna Maxwell Martin seems to know exactly what suffering is coming at all times, even if she's putting on a brave face. And Chris O'Dowd's beekeeper feels, by comparison to Tovey and Spall, simply too affable and lightweight to help her carry that burden. And her character seems to KNOW that. That he's like a fisherman trying to land a killer whale with a bucket and spade, a man will never truly connect with her and share her burden. Hence, the overwheleming feeling, for me (and it's all subjective, as it should be in the metaverse lol) of this pairing was one of reaching without finding, of aspiring without success, of an impending end without respite. As sad as the Russell Tovey version was hilarious! 4 and a half stars from me.
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Post by n1david on Dec 22, 2021 13:33:53 GMT
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