...complex stories and emotions are held in a stunningly calibrated balance by rising star director Roy Alexander Weise. The production may be a slow-burn initially, but it ignites with an overpowering power that is shattering.'
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It reaches a terrific climax but the journey there is somewhat laborious...I still found myself wishing that Fugard’s self-flagellating play told us less about Master Harold and more about the “boys”.'
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Occasionally a thing of beauty...Msamati delivers a performance of enormous power and grace, of lightness and depth. A master at work.'
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Timelessly moving. Athol Fugard's 1982 self-exorcism is searingly revived...The ever-astonishing Lucian Msamati gives one of the year's best performances.'
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Lucian Msamati powers this elegantly powerful revival of Athol Fugard's apartheid-era drama... ‘Master Harold’ takes a while to rouse itself from its elegant torpor – but it does so, and powerfully.'
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...the hallmarks of the evening are psychological complexity, compassion and a comic lightness of touch, indeed lightness of step...it’s absolutely spellbinding...'
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Weise’s taut revival shows it to be an economical, passionate piece of writing, if overly pregnant with symbolism and charged language...shows Msamati and Animashaun at the top or their serio-comic game...'
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Lucian Msamati...is such a wonderful actor, really one of our very best, and he is magnificent here... One of the many extraordinary qualities of the play is how brutally honest Fugard is...'
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