The Father

It wasn't selling out last time it was in town. I booked a £25 balcony seat for a Saturday evening and got upgraded to front row of the stalls (which I believe were also £25 dayseats). It's definitely worth seeing but although I don't know of any discounts right now, it's probably safe enough to hold out to see if any arise.

It is one play that certainly lives up to the hype, first class theatre.

Talk about confusing the plot even further

With regards to discounts:

www.atgtickets.com/shows/the-father/duke-of-yorks using the code "FATHERDMT" gets best seats for all performances during the run down to £39.50. Considering no discounts appeared last time during the run itself to my recollection, that may be the best we see.

Few times have I been left genuinely speechless after a show, this being one of them. I urge you to catch it. Kenneth Cranham is delivering a truly incredible performance!

A play with a great concept - Alzheimers as a mystery, not a whodunit but a what's happening, with the audience trying to work it out along with the play's dementia ridden protagonist. A series of vignettes, not strictly chronological, in which the information keeps changing along with the characters delivering that information. Never has loss of memory - and the concomitant loss of identity - been so vividly portrayed.

If it sounds depressing it's not - until its inevitable conclusion. It's often very funny and always dramatically engaging, as good mysteries are. Two great performances, from Kenneth Cranham and Amanda Drew, and an excellent production from director James Macdonald.

The playwright, Frenchman Florian Zeller, is a genuine phenom, author of five novels and nine plays and he's only 35. As of today he has three plays currently on in London: The Father at the Duke of Yorks; The Mother, just closing at the Tricycle; and The Truth, just opening at the Chocolate Factory. When was the last time that happened? There must be a reason and there is - he's that good.

It looks like I was the only one not blown away by this. Don't get me wrong, I admire the production and the actors, but I just wasn't feeling it this afternoon.

It's a well-observed piece of writing - even down to the fact people with Dementia/Alzheimers do lose their watches and track of time.

I'm amazed it's back in London, it sold TERRIBLY last time.

And I'm afraid I can't join in praising Cranham. I though it was a terribly affected performance, he was 'Acting' at all times.

Skinner was much more affecting for me.. And I'm sure Amanda Drew is marvellous.

This current cast were in London for only a few weeks earlier this year. Previous casts (with some overlap) were in last year.

I've just come back from this. Both my husband and myself have experience of dementia and Alzheimer's. It brought back deep seated memories for him and I was in tears at the end.

Kenneth Cranham was superb and so were all three ladies in the cast. The other two gents had less to do but a solid ensemble all round and a truly devastating piece of theatre which will stay with me for a long time.