Muswell Hill

See it if A group of ego centered and emotionally damaged parade around while Rome is burning....never truly engaging.

Don't see it if Do not see if you perfer musicals or light dramas.

See it if You like combative dinner parties with rather stereotypical combatants who are somewhat overdrawn. Some dialogue is quite funny/embarrasing

Don't see it if You don't like 'kitchen sink' type drama with strange characters who don't seem to fit together in the same place

See it if You get a kick out of British accents.

Don't see it if you enjoy the "dinner play" subgenre. This slow-cooker was a bit on the underdone side.

See it if you like contemporary English domestic/social drama

Don't see it if you want excitement or fireworks on stage

See it if you like theater and dinner parties with socializing with a lot of "characters"

Don't see it if you don't enjoy cliched, slow, "verbal diarrhea" exposition, and have an urge to run away from a dinner party

See it if you like Seinfeld with a British accent and no real likeable characters. Watch a story about nothing, with people complaining and ranting.

Don't see it if you like a show where something happens. The ending was interesting but should have been the beginning of the play.

Also There is heavy British accent and many British slang terms and when characters are facing away from you, the dialogue is hard to understand. This was a talented cast but I never cared enough for the characters so their ranting got tiresome. This was first preview so it could improve.... Read more Read less

See it if You really enjoy slow roll plays that meander along, at times frenetically and at times inexhaustibly slowly

Don't see it if You don't like plays that don't REALLY go anywhere. While some characters have interesting arcs, most don't change from beginning to end.

Also This show was at times very smart and funny. The humor was overshadowed for me by the lack of compelling movement forward.

It should be said that the actors were excellent, and despite it feeling rather lack luster for me, the audience around me seemed to find it incredibly funny and highly enjoyable.... Read more Read less

See it if You love English drama and enjoy seeing dysfunctional relationships.

Don't see it if You lose patience when characters blather on.

See it if Everything about this show was done professionally, to very high standards. If you love British sensibilities you'll love it.

Don't see it if If you want a play where the characters are required to change - either through self-realization or outside forces.

Also My lower rating was because the play is just not my cup of tea. It is funny and engaging and the actors are wonderful, but, even when the characters' shells are stripped away, they remain exactly the same people. Probably very realistic in many cases, but just doesn't excite me.... Read more Read less

See it if Was there a point? I don't know. I stopped looking for one pretty early on. Performers were all good and tried hard.

Don't see it if You could just go hang out with a bunch of friends and listen to their boring, inane banter for free instead.

Also Re: my first comment - I think the playwright forgot that he was going to make a point pretty early on in the writing of this play.
Re: my 2nd comment - your friend's conversation would probably be more interesting, smart and funny. And you'd take something away from the experience.... Read more Read less

See it if You automatically like anything done with English accents and would enjoy the subtle ridicule of characters you can feel superior to.

Don't see it if Like me, you find screwed up self involved people at their worst NOT satirically amusing but an irritating bore.

See it if You like character driven play w/decent ensemble, some funny exchanges, some quirky characters, slow start, 2nd half better

Don't see it if You get bored with a lot of dialogue and little action, characters and their dysfunctional lives not terribly interesting

See it if You like small British plays with a story that goes no where.

Don't see it if You are looking for a show with activity and action. This show was mostly talking. Characters were forgetful, although acting was good.

See it if you like wild dinner party comedies with fun quirky characters.

Don't see it if you expect to make a deep emotional connection to the drama.

Also This cast is marvelous and the characters are each unique and interesting, but I never got to know any of them well enough to care about them. So this is one of those shows that's fun to watch throughout, but anticlimactic at the end because there's no real hero, no real villain, and not enough deep emotion. We left the theater and never uttered a single word about the show for the rest of the night; not even "what did you think?" or "did you like it?" Meh!

BUT, if you enjoy British humor and quirky characters, and you don't need to be deeply moved, then you might enjoy this. There's a handy glossary in the program with definitions of Brit terms that you'll hear in the script. Also, the accents are all very understandable.... Read more Read less