The Spoils - Jesse Eisenberg, Trafalgar Studios

Hmm, I want to see this, but with bottom price at £35 it's not exactly student friendly. Fingers crossed for some deals closer to the time.

If, after a reasonable period of tickets being on-sale, it doesn't look almost certain to sell out completely, they could get some extra publicity with some stunt like a daily lottery or a Jesse Eisenberg fanclub quiz competition or some such.

Ok, who nicked my review ... Blooming sure I posted last night ..

Ok, saw this last night and am underwhelmed. Dialogue by Jessie delivered very fast. My kid laughed at some of the comedy lines but I was pretty much meh about it. Cast work well together, I'm not convinced it's the stuff of West End.

My memory of the evening will be predominantly of the God Awful seats, B23 & B24, on the curve which means I was suffering from bum numb for most of the show. Great view, but the width of the seats seems off.

I had to see the matinee today and forego PN as seeing Oedipe this evening

In fact it is an attempt to write and star in ones own work which pays off for the most part

Matthew Perry take note

The acting is really excellent and the connections between the actors are first rate

There are really distinct personalities

Eisenberg is really outstanding and obviously inhabits his character

So many little quips and tics

In some ways it's a performance to rival Denise Gough and reminded me very much of the startling performance Tom Sturridge gave in Punk Rock

Unfortunately there are these actors raring to go places in a plot and development that doesn't take them anywhere at all

I am also unsure if it's a comedy or drama and the fact that I felt the need to try and categorise it rather than take it at face value exposes the weakness

It's worth seeing for the acting but something significant is missing and I can't quite put my finger on it

I also have to say the characters as a whole are quite babyish

Who recalls whole stories from the age of 10 when they are in their late 20s

I had an afterthought

It reminded me a lot of Bad Jews

But not as funny

And a male lead to match the lead girl in that play who was quite hysterical

Can't recall the name

Omg! I'm in the building with Parsley!

(Checks clothing labels for man-made fibres)

What's the running time? Going tomorrow still says tbd on atg site.

Was out just after ten.

The two women were really excellent reactors, and great at all the couple stuff and that made it worthwhile. But it got steadily more and more self indulgent, and I got tired of it, probably in line with my bum numbing from trafalgars ghastly seats, and I was on a bigger end seat, can't imagine how the squeezed middle felt.

Saw this Saturday matinee, and loved it. I agree with everything Parsley says above, so I won't bother to repeat it.

What I will add is that:

(1) Katie Brayben's understudy, Amani Zardoe, was excellent as Sarah, the obect of Eisenberg's Ben's desire. Brayben was at a wedding;

(2) Jesse Eisenberg cries real tears early on, which is the only reason I can stomach the otherwise wholly phony positive ending. The tears were the clue that this egotistical cruel spoiled monster had a deep well of pain, which earned him enough empathy from me that I'm not completely begrudging him his ending, though I'm begruging it a little;

(3) Eisenberg's characterisation, an entitled fantasist and liar, with sadomasochistic fantasies, neediness, arrogance, is so excellent that I dearly want to see this character in a play that has more of a plot. In this play, as is, he is like Sesame Street's answer to the question "Which of these kids is not like the others?" but is not really tested beyond that;

(4) Kunal Nayar's flatmate is the nicest and most likeable guy ever to grace this earth, leaving me with warm palpitations all over, and he's funny too, since Eisenberg generously gives him better punchlines than he gives himself. I hope I meet someone like this one day.

Extremely fun, if thin play, with terrific charactisations and comedy.

4 stars

Hated all the men. Adored Reshma (why on earth did she have to do all the work) and Katie Brayben, whose New Jersey accent was subtle and excellent. Millennial silliness.

I'm guessing when Kunal Nayyar leaves at the start of August some might deals might crop up. I've kept my eye out for any but other than "no booking fee" ones I haven't spotted anything.

I forgot where I was for a second and thought you meant the Canadian rock band. Very confused.

Does anyone know what the song played at the end of the play is?