The Fear Of 13 - Donmar Warehouse

Yes, crazy!!

According to the Donmar's website, the running time is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. No interval.

I don't understand why they can't just relist returned tickets online so people can just check themselves. It's 2024, I don't want to phone the box office, and then have to wait for a call back when and if something turns up.

Seconding that it was extremely easy to get next to normal return tickets at the Donmar online basically every day if you had time to sit and refresh for a couple of hours. In person returns were only held at the box office if very close to showtime. I was hoping it would be the same for Great Comet as I slept on the onsale for that so hope this isn't the new thing.

I saw this tonight and thought it was a really good show. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect as I knew nothing about this, but I was totally engaged. Brody put in a solid performance and rest of the cast were fab. As Blaxx has just said I was emotionally invested in this and angry at the way the justice system works or doesn’t in the US. I loved the opening warning by the guard regarding mobile phones, sweet etc. so glad I got to see this and Brody on stage. Reading his bio in the program it seems this must be his first time on stage, unless someone can correct me.

Hmmm. Disappointing. It's just not a good play and has not been very well directed. The coup is in Mr Brody who, despite a low powered start, remains on stage pretty much throughout and is very charismatic. I could not engage with his plight and found a couple of the expositions unnecessary filler adding nothing to the arch of the piece which oddly needs more narrative drive, IMO! Solid supporting cast. Several unoccupied seats which was surprising.

In contrast to the above, I thought this was absolutely knock out last night.

REALLY thoughtfully directed - I hadn't watched the documentary so I really was going along for the ride not know where we were going to end up.

Adrien Brody is absolutely sensational in this - it's such a gruelling part, and he plays it so intelligently (I didn't know how the play was going to resolve, so really went along for the 'did he/didn't he' side of it.
Also thought Nana Mensah was wonderful and really moving.

It's a play that makes you come out and want to scream at the justice system just like I did with prima Facie (and it makes a lot of sense that it's the same director)

I hadn't expected much from it, but 1hr 45 mins FLEW by and I'd see it again tomorrow.

He does reference it in the final monologue (which is 16 pages!!!!)

Definitely Brody is not monotone at all

Wow

Reviews from 2 to 5 stars

Quite marmite reactions

Mainly to the play itself

For the Donmar Daily, even if you click on a ticket, the site seems to jam and then it's gone. I hate their system. Hope Sheader will change it in time. The worst one to use by a long chalk.