Post by showgirl on Jan 5, 2019 16:30:57 GMT
This "new comedy looks at the cost of growing old and the joys of ageing disgracefully."
I've given up waiting for someone else to start a thread but I'm sure I'm not the only one to have seen this, or at least to have booked. It's a very odd situation as though critics have only recently been allowed to review Hampstead Theatre's Downstairs productions - bloggers have of course been doing so all along - this production has now been playing for a whole month yet there has still been no press night, nor have I found any reviews whatsoever online, despite searching at intervals. Bloggers aren't subject to an embargo anyway and I'm sure some of them must also have seen this.
When I saw the midweek matinee this week, I asked the box office assistant about the lack of reviews and she said there had as yet been no official press night as the author was still doing re-writes and press night would be designated when he was ready. I've heard of postponing press night or of having more than one, but leaving it this long and still not announcing it? And the run ends on 26 January, so previews will already have lasted longer than the official run.
It was sold out when I saw it and many of those present gave it a standing ovation. I enjoyed it but found the subject of the disadvantages of ageing and the associated mental and physical deterioration a little close to home. I also think it won't prove particularly memorable and it doesn't imo break any new ground but it was entertaining and it was interesting to see the first work Dusty Hughes has written for the stage in years.
I've given up waiting for someone else to start a thread but I'm sure I'm not the only one to have seen this, or at least to have booked. It's a very odd situation as though critics have only recently been allowed to review Hampstead Theatre's Downstairs productions - bloggers have of course been doing so all along - this production has now been playing for a whole month yet there has still been no press night, nor have I found any reviews whatsoever online, despite searching at intervals. Bloggers aren't subject to an embargo anyway and I'm sure some of them must also have seen this.
When I saw the midweek matinee this week, I asked the box office assistant about the lack of reviews and she said there had as yet been no official press night as the author was still doing re-writes and press night would be designated when he was ready. I've heard of postponing press night or of having more than one, but leaving it this long and still not announcing it? And the run ends on 26 January, so previews will already have lasted longer than the official run.
It was sold out when I saw it and many of those present gave it a standing ovation. I enjoyed it but found the subject of the disadvantages of ageing and the associated mental and physical deterioration a little close to home. I also think it won't prove particularly memorable and it doesn't imo break any new ground but it was entertaining and it was interesting to see the first work Dusty Hughes has written for the stage in years.
