Shopping and F-ing @ Lyric Hammersmith

Still plenty of £15 preview tickets left, although the seating plan when booking does look a bit of a mess. A reconfiguration of the theatre...

Also saw this when i was much younger will have to try to fit in a trip to this production.

Very helpful, many thanks

Let the paedo knife buggery commence!

The backs aren't that comfortable really, but they are there.
Running time was about 75 minutes, but that was only the 2nd night. 
Official running time still not on the site.

So, just back from it. I didn't know anything about the play a part from the fact that it is an "in-yer-face" thing. I enjoyed, maybe it's a bit dated, maybe it's a bit patronizing, but I liked it. The first part was a camp hot mess, the second was gutting and disturbing. I liked the actors, Sophie Wu was the stand-out, but they all delivered solid performances. Wasn't too keen on David Moorst, but probably it's because his character is extraordinary annoying... and he reads too old for the part imo.

I had to see it for uni, I'm glad I saw it, I enjoyed it but wasn't shocked by it. Then I read an introduction by the author who said that shocking has never been his intention, so he nailed it.

And I think I saw you Ryan!

I saw you there now seeing your profile photo!

I LOVED this

The staging and acting ensure the flaws and weaknesses in the text are covered well

Excellent acting and concepts

Well worth seeing

Entertaining disturbing and funny all in equal doses

The characters are so bizarre and well portrayed

Can we trust your other comments?

Oh, I hope I looked my best! 

Well. this zips by really. Very funny for the most part, takes a teeny bit of a turn in the latter stages. Great cast, very committed bunch and all destined for bigger things I'd say.

Didn't like the pants though.

Or the seats. Very uncomfortable. One of my buttocks is only just coming back to life.

Enjoyed this a lot. Sat in the on stage stalls seats which are padded benches with a decent padded back, looked a lot more comfortable than the main stalls seats

Audience interaction alert: avoid the front row of stalls (on stage and normal) and the aisles of both if you don't want to be interacted with



Also have some loose change with you, the cast will try and sell you stuff

Go an see this.

But if you are prudish or easily offended or you like your theatre subtle then you best skip this and go and see Lear instead.

I didn't know whether to love this (which I kind of did) or hate this (which I kind of did), but if you love your theatre to be uncomfortable, thought provoking and challenging which I definitely do, then get yourself to Hammersmith for a play that is all about abstract and metaphysics, but certainly isn't definitive.

Superbly designed by a first rate creative team. Sometimes the stage is a big obstruction that hinders great acting, so get rid of it, which provided the necessary space for some top draw acting. Who really needs the stalls? The audience gets too comfortable and fall asleep, so get rid of it. Who needs an interval, get rid of it, as the audience tends to think!! Who really needs an audience, they only ask differcult questions? Who really needs money and does it really have any value?

I could imagine with this that Jack Tinkler would be spinning in his grave at this, however the great Sarah Kane would be grinning like a proverbial Cheshire in hers, her legacy lives on.

My friend absolutely loathed this from start to finish, he thought it had not a single enjoyable moment and not a single thing to say. I sort of liked it though. It's quite a bizarre show and not very subtle but the disgustingly garish high energy in your face concept was weirdly enjoyable.