Post by Dr Tom on Jan 17, 2019 12:05:22 GMT
On an evening when the second British female Prime Minster was fighting for her career, it was rather fitting that I was watching a play which started with the death of the first British female Prime Minister.
My first visit to the Kiln Theatre, which is part of a rather nice complex with bars and places to eat. The view from the front row is clear. The theatre was around half full in the Stalls.
The play itself is about a cab firm, the people associated with it and their business going-ons. I found it very watchable and interesting, building to a final 15 minutes that are meant to be dramatic (but actually ended up being rather comedic thanks to a comedy gangster - and a few people in the audience couldn't hold back their laughter). If you can set this aside, there's a decent play in there.
Bizarrely, the play is set in Middlesbrough, but there's a big map of Birmingham at the back of the stage on the wall. It is slightly disguised with some additional place names tacked on, but it's the area just south of the city centre. Perhaps the Middlesbrough map just wasn't suitable? It did rather throw me as to why they didn't have Brummie accents until I read more about the play during the interval (as I live in Birmingham, the map was rather obvious).
Running time is about 2 hours 15 minutes, including an interval, so it's a reasonable evening. I don't think this can be selling too well, which is a shame, so there are deals about. I found it a good way to spend an evening.
My first visit to the Kiln Theatre, which is part of a rather nice complex with bars and places to eat. The view from the front row is clear. The theatre was around half full in the Stalls.
The play itself is about a cab firm, the people associated with it and their business going-ons. I found it very watchable and interesting, building to a final 15 minutes that are meant to be dramatic (but actually ended up being rather comedic thanks to a comedy gangster - and a few people in the audience couldn't hold back their laughter). If you can set this aside, there's a decent play in there.
Bizarrely, the play is set in Middlesbrough, but there's a big map of Birmingham at the back of the stage on the wall. It is slightly disguised with some additional place names tacked on, but it's the area just south of the city centre. Perhaps the Middlesbrough map just wasn't suitable? It did rather throw me as to why they didn't have Brummie accents until I read more about the play during the interval (as I live in Birmingham, the map was rather obvious).
Running time is about 2 hours 15 minutes, including an interval, so it's a reasonable evening. I don't think this can be selling too well, which is a shame, so there are deals about. I found it a good way to spend an evening.
