Garnett cranks up the characters’ dysfunction into outright, caricatured hostility, shifting the already comically heightened tone towards the cartoonish. For the most part, it’s a choice that works effectively.
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Vivienne Garnett’s production gives us a hostess who’s trying too hard and lacks any shred of self-awareness, but Kellie Shirley’s Bev veers ... towards a more naturalistic portrayal, and the play lacks some frisson as a result.
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A spirit-lifting musical adaptation of the hit film of the same name produced by Whoopi Goldberg.
Chichester Festival Theatre’s critically acclaimed production transfers to Sadler's Wells.