Midnight Movie London Reviews and Tickets
Critic Reviews (8)
Uneven tone to play about illness and life online...While I enjoyed elements of the performances, I’m resistant to shows that deliberately withhold meaning from the audience.'
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A striking look at online liberation...Saturating the senses with sound, light and sign language, this imaginative experience explores whether the web can free us from our ‘glitching’ bodies.'
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A dive into the internet that belly-flops on stage...Some of the writing shows real verve, even if it sounds like writing – “Illness is a scary hitchhiker, it’s making me drive where it wants”.'
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Leigh’s text...is too diffuse, a stream of effortfully poetic verbiage that discourages emotional and intellectual engagement. A bold experiment in which the results prove less intriguing than the premise.'
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New autobiographical play about night thoughts on bodies real and digital...There is something so touching about the pain that soaks through the show like night sweats drenching your T-shirt.'
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Rachel Bagshaw's production is a slick, spirited and tech-heavy 70 minutes... staging feels formless for just that moment too long though – dragging when it could be disorientingly delightful.'
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Ambitious but opaque...It grasps the insularity of a mind ill at ease, trapped in a corporeal or online prison, but it never provides a route in, even for those who want to understand.'
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‘Midnight Movie’ is restless, imaginative and stylish, but its rambling structure can make frustrating viewing...it’s a bold, occasionally brilliant play...'
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