The Collaboration
The Collaboration
Closed 2h 15m London: Southwark
86% 11 reviews
86%
(11 Ratings)
Positive
91%
Mixed
9%
Negative
0%
Members say
Absorbing, Great acting, Clever, Thought-provoking, Intelligent

Paul Bettany & Jeremy Pope star in this new play about Andy Warhol & Jean-Michel Basquiat's infamous exhibition.

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Critic Reviews (7)

The Times (UK)
March 2nd, 2022

The dialogue between an aphoristic Warhol and a sullen Basquiat takes ages to spark. After a gluey first half it finally does so in response to an off-stage calamity.
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Time Out London
February 25th, 2022

It is, as I say, terrific entertainment. But there’s no getting away from the fact that it’s wildly contrived...It is fanfic, even at one point bordering on slash fiction, and pretty difficult to take entirely seriously.
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The Telegraph (UK)
February 24th, 2022

It’s refreshing to eavesdrop on the notoriously understated icon in relatively garrulous private mode...the casual detail and commitment of the central performances keeps you watching.
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WhatsOnStage
February 24th, 2022

[Anthony] cleverly weaves his arguments about the nature of art, the origin of inspiration and the corruption of the art world into a story that hangs roughly on the lineaments of the two men's lives.
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The Guardian (UK)
February 25th, 2022

An ebullient production under Kwame Kwei-Armah’s direction (there is even a live DJ though, oddly, the music is only cranked up in between scenes), it has two star turns in the central performances and a spectacular set from Anna Fleischle...
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The Stage (UK)
February 24th, 2022

For a play about mould-breakers, it’s structurally and dramatically formulaic, but McCarten has a real knack for humanising icons – for digging beneath the image to reveal the flaws, the contradictions and emotional complexity.
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The Arts Desk
February 25th, 2022

The leads are excellent, in challenging roles...As a whole, it’s entertaining when it might have been electrifying.
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