Marjorie Prime London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (18)
See it if You like stories of the future and how life will be different. You like to be challenged mentally.
Don't see it if You don’t like confusing plays with lots of undertones that don’t give away everything easily.
See it if You like very experimental stuff
Don't see it if You cant move back to early 2023 to catch it.
See it if You want to see great acting, like sci-fi, want to be challenged and provoked while watching.
Don't see it if If you want an easy to follow script, don't like to suspend belief, find straight plays dull.
See it if if you want to see some good acting and a a thought provoking play on what it means being human
Don't see it if if you find sci fi plots confusing or not easy to follow and struggle with slow paced scripts
See it if You love Ann Reid and think The Terminator could be real
Don't see it if You think AI is nonsense
See it if I wanted to see the cast as they are seasoned actors
Don't see it if Read the reviews and be informed
See it if You like great acting in a thought provoking play
Don't see it if Not for the faint hearted
See it if You love discussing a show for ages after it’s finished!
Don't see it if you are triggered by age-related memory loss or artificial intelligence
Critic Reviews (14)
“Ultimately, it feels like a missed opportunity on many levels. The disquieting presence of the Primes when they're not being used is left unmentioned, leading to a lack of atmosphere. The flops of Marjorie's cultural references are the only indication of a vague time setting, but they just act as lighthearted comedy. Dromgoole can thank his cast: they're the ones who make the show.”
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“ ‘Marjorie Prime’ offers stimulating ideas and some great acting, but it’s not a great play.”
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“Thought-provoking and full of ideas, but it’s lacking in heart and Dromgoole’s austere production doesn’t exactly help the medicine go down. If this is the future, it’s a cold place.”
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“It’s a satisfyingly understated and well-played evening, albeit a rather cheerless one. I’d recommend it but would also advise an upgrade next time.”
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“What Harrison has given us is a thought-provoking miniature that doesn’t quite generate the dramatic tension you hope for...The power of Dominic Dromgoole’s sleek production lies in the quality of the performances.”
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“I mean it as a compliment to ‘Marjorie Prime’ to point out that the questions it poses change dramatically along the way. You start by asking how it might be possible to re-boot life, only to realise that the play’s fuller engagement is with the unnerving half-smiles that signal the play’s acquaintanceship with the unknowable landscape that lies beyond death.”
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“This is thoughtful writing, shrewdly staged. But like the Primes that wait, motionless and gently glowing, until their next restart, it’s bloodless.”
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“This one-act play is both an amusing and blistering view of a future that many of us will still be around to witness, and really questions whether artificial intelligence can ever truly replace human interaction”
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