That Is Not Who I Am (London) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (12)
See it if You are up for a Subversive and incisive political thriller
Don't see it if You like a nice chat in the interval (there isn’t one) about what else you’ve seen the actors in on the telly.
See it if you want a bold political play by one of the great British playwrights
Don't see it if you don't like bold theatre
See it if You are open to something a little different
Don't see it if You were expecting something of a bigger scale. That's not what this is. And the ending I found infuriating.
See it if Well, I’d advise you not to.
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See it if You enjoy over the top love stories based on superstition.
Don't see it if Are easily influenced by superstition.
See it if Great acting, interesting concept.
Don't see it if You want to see a play about cyber security and identity theft, it’s not about that at all. It was overall quite silly and obscure. Read more
See it if You like theatre that challenges you and the world as we know it. An intense and surprising ending could only lead to a standing ovation
Don't see it if You like staying in your comfort zone and are not open to seeing something new Read more
See it if You want to fall down a rabbit-hole and have your brain stretched about information technology & conspiracies with a dash of meta-theatrics
Don't see it if You have a weak bladder: the play runs to the best part of two hours without an interval.
Critic Reviews (11)
The play is an enjoyably slippery, enthralling piece of work, albeit with a tiresome metatheatrical framework. It’s overdone ... but it’s also gripping throughout.
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Somehow the evening ... dwindles into a case of “so-what?”. Oddly, it satisfies most when at its most conventional. It feels too self-involved and woolly to hit home hard.
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The blurb describes the piece as a “slippery thriller”, yet ... [it] utterly [fails] to generate any sort of tension.
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This is a significant achievement that deserves attention.
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[A] knotty interrogation of truth in fake news era. Director Lucy Morrison fills the play with unspoken menace.
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Davies and Kelly have a winning chemistry... Still, it's not quite enough to make this paranoid pair entertaining company for this play's one-hour 45-minute running time.
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Unfortunately, this thriller is never very thrilling, the satire is never very sharp and the humour is lukewarm. At a time when many feel a real anger at the current government, this playful silliness feels like a middle-class slap in the face to anyone who really wants to change the world.
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A brilliantly tricksy new production by Lucy Kirkwood ... in text and direction, this play also delights in the way theatre is made. A heady production with stellar performances.
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