The Comedy About a Bank Robbery

Great fun. The part on the wall introduced the concept from the previous plays of the acting and production being a problem rather than the plot of the play. I thought this was a shame as the play then lost focus. The pace slowed in places towards the end and I wasn't sure about the ending at all. But hey, well done people.

Saw this last night.. What a super night out and great fun.. The wall scene in act two is worth the money alone!!

I shall return!! Go go go people.

It's a shame we aren't getting any form of advance notice about who's off when - I'd quite like to see a couple of covers in position now but there's no way of sensibly predicting.

It sounds as if the final scene has been tweaked slightly, with the final moment scrapped. Can anyone confirm?

I'll have to get you to nudge me in the future then

Ah, good. Agreed - the ending was too much of a tonal shift for me.

Omg that was the original ending?? So glad now I waited to see it.

I've seen it! I meant, I'm glad I waited till after previews.

Yes, like I said, it didn't have that ending when I saw it.

I wonder what they will do with the painting when the show ends or has a cast change. eBay?

I saw the new ending That's why I was glad I waited and saw it later on during the run, because it means I missed the apparently rather unpleasant original ending.

I will get back along to the Criterion soon.. probably by the end of the month at a guess. Slight business of a holiday in the middle.

Oh it certainly makes sense for those involved in the show. I just wonder if it makes sense to the general public, who are used to West End shows being open 6 days a week, 52 weeks a year. And I'm not sure it's saving on understudy rehearsals since all 3 understudies seem to have had/are having scheduled shows for most of their cover roles anyway.

Oh, I didn't realise other West End shows had done it in the past, though I know tours do. I stand corrected.

Crazy show tonight! To start with Steven Rostance was on for Cooper & Ellie Morris on for Caprice so they drafted in one of the new understudies, who apparently hasn't even rehearsed properly or got costumes, to do a few bits in the ensemble. Then in Act 2 the wall scene didn't work so we had the 4 actors crawling along the vent come onstage then nothing at the back. Cue some hilarious improv before one of the stage managers had to come on & stop the show. After a wait they had to re-start on the next scene, with more improv to try to fill in some of the missing bits. If you're going to have a show stopped due to technical difficulties it is a massive advantage having an improv group! A bit later on, just before Jonathan Sayer got a massive laugh when he was cataloguing Warren's woes & ended up with something along the lines of "And my best scene got cut!"

PS Anyone wanting to see understudies, Gareth Tempest will be on as Warren all next week.