Harland
Hamstrings usually adapt their productions, changing the scripts
to suit the available talent, time frame and acting space. I
occasionally notice these changes but as 'Relatively Speaking' is
new to me I didn’t notice one way or another. What I did notice
was the strong cast, clever use of a strange acting space and
interesting direction.
Greig,
Dane Robinsin and his girlfriend of one month Ginny, Robyne Banks,
are getting serious. He asks her to marry him despite finding
seven bouquets of flowers in the bath, hidden boxes of chocolates,
strange phone calls and a pair of size 10 slippers under the bed.
Despite his proposal she won't let him come down to the country to
meet her parents. Well, she is only going down on a brief visit for
the day.
It
is Sunday afternoon and Sheila, Adele Williams would normally be
at church, except it is the third Sunday of the month and she wont
set foot in that place whilst that man takes the service. Her
husband Philip, Alan Hunter, is pottering in the garden. When both
couples meet interesting theories are brought to a conclusion.
A
very clever play interestingly directed and well performed.
****
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