Post by Dr Tom on Jul 18, 2019 21:20:05 GMT
This is currently playing at The Vaults, running until 25 August 2019.
It's billed as a new comedy by Ryan Craig. A cast of two men and two women exploring dating and relationships for young people in the modern age.
Pretty full tonight, although I imagine a lot of people had the same very cheap ticket offer as me. A nice touch is that everyone was given a free programme.
It's in one of the better spaces in The Vaults. The same one, if I recall, which housed Hair. The stage area in the centre and two tiers of seating at either side. As well as the standard seating (on folded chairs), there are two rows of two seater sofas on each side at the front, essentially the premium seats. The sofas don't match at all, but look comfy, so would be a great place to sit, apart from the fact it's incredibly obvious when people didn't find the play at all funny, or left during the interval.
Most of the seating is unallocated and the doors were already open by the time I arrived, so you do want to get their early. I managed to get a second row General Admission seat (fourth row if you include the sofas) and even there the sound wasn't perfect, particularly when the trains went past, or during the times there was music played in the background.
Now, I think this was a funny play for those under about 25. That was largely reflected in the divide between those people who were and weren't laughing. I'm not saying there weren't some funny moments for all, but the style of humour was largely along the "50 quid to p*** in your mouth" variety, which I presume must be reflective of modern dating.
The first 10 minutes were everything I hate about modern plays. Loud music, constant jumps from character to character thoughts as a large ball was thrown around, random dancing. It did calm down after thankfully, so I wasn't one of the people who left during the interval. But I didn't warm to any of the characters, who were probably there to be stereotypically annoying. There were also several major plot points that were just never closed off.
One strength of the play was the set. Lots of interesting shaped solid pieces in several colours which could be dragged into position to form beds, bars and tables. I also found a fun activity in counting the number of sides to some of the shapes.
Running time, about 2 hours 10 minutes, with a 25 minute interval.
The cast did their best, but they can only work with what they're given.
It's billed as a new comedy by Ryan Craig. A cast of two men and two women exploring dating and relationships for young people in the modern age.
Pretty full tonight, although I imagine a lot of people had the same very cheap ticket offer as me. A nice touch is that everyone was given a free programme.
It's in one of the better spaces in The Vaults. The same one, if I recall, which housed Hair. The stage area in the centre and two tiers of seating at either side. As well as the standard seating (on folded chairs), there are two rows of two seater sofas on each side at the front, essentially the premium seats. The sofas don't match at all, but look comfy, so would be a great place to sit, apart from the fact it's incredibly obvious when people didn't find the play at all funny, or left during the interval.
Most of the seating is unallocated and the doors were already open by the time I arrived, so you do want to get their early. I managed to get a second row General Admission seat (fourth row if you include the sofas) and even there the sound wasn't perfect, particularly when the trains went past, or during the times there was music played in the background.
Now, I think this was a funny play for those under about 25. That was largely reflected in the divide between those people who were and weren't laughing. I'm not saying there weren't some funny moments for all, but the style of humour was largely along the "50 quid to p*** in your mouth" variety, which I presume must be reflective of modern dating.
The first 10 minutes were everything I hate about modern plays. Loud music, constant jumps from character to character thoughts as a large ball was thrown around, random dancing. It did calm down after thankfully, so I wasn't one of the people who left during the interval. But I didn't warm to any of the characters, who were probably there to be stereotypically annoying. There were also several major plot points that were just never closed off.
One strength of the play was the set. Lots of interesting shaped solid pieces in several colours which could be dragged into position to form beds, bars and tables. I also found a fun activity in counting the number of sides to some of the shapes.
Running time, about 2 hours 10 minutes, with a 25 minute interval.
The cast did their best, but they can only work with what they're given.
