Under Milk Wood London Reviews and Tickets
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See it if you're a fan of Sheen or Thomas and don't mind a play where things intermingle so much that you're not sure what's in-play dream vs. reality
Don't see it if you like straight-forward plots or hate having to keep track of who's who in a large cast hindered by confusing plot. Read more
Critic Reviews (10)
Occasionally, it’s very clear this was written for radio. But these are small complaints about a show so rich and moving, that puts Sheen, Johnson and Phillips on stage together.
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Michael Sheen is terrific in Dylan Thomas’s linguistic tour de force, which remains undimmed by the years.
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This stage version of the great Welsh ‘play for voices’ is a sensuous portrayal of care-home residents being swept up in memories.
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But the drama as a whole – beyond the father and son dynamic of the framing device – remains emotionally distant as one vignette after another is delivered and feels a little wrung out as Thomas’s language loses some of its richness.
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It’s a triumph, nothing less...There’s superb acting from a multitasking cast...Merle Hensel’s sets and costumes are a delight.
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I'm not sure Under Milk Wood will ever resemble whatever it is that we mean by a proper play, but this wonderful actor [Michael Sheen] ensures every minute of the way that it is an experience.
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But once it kicks into gear, Turner’s production brilliantly communicates the wit of Under Milk Wood...
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This production captures some of that magic; it contains instances of comedy and pathos but some of the world-building lacks clarity and, at times, it falls awkwardly between two stools, breaking its spell.
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