Critics: acting
As in my other review post on Shoreditch Madonna, I note that Alexandra Moen was slated in the Sunday Indy by Kate Bassett. However (I assume they saw the same performance) Nicholas de Jongh of the Evening Standard loved it.
NdJ writes:
“Alexandra Moen’s powerhouse of a performance as the drug-prone, distraught Christina, apparently sleep-walking into her sexual past or laying hands and lips on the exploitative Devlin, deftly treads a fine line between pathos and dark comedy.”
This compares to KB:
“Alexandra Moen’s performance as Christina is absolutely excruciating. She is, as they say, extremely easy on the eye. But the poor thing appears to be permanently auditioning for Lady Macbeth’s sleep-walking scene, histrionically rubbing her hands. I think Christina was also meant to be sexually mad for it, mincing around in stilettos, seemingly unable to sit down and often crawling around invitingly on her knees. Or did she just have had a shocking case of piles?”
Were they watching the same person? Go figure.
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I'm a playwright and investment analyst. I have a broad range of interests: food, gardening, innovation & intellectual property, sustainability, architecture & design, writing and the arts. I sit on the board of Talawa Theatre Company and advise a CIS investment trust on socially responsible investments.
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Recent Work
Recent plays include, for theatre: Nakamitsu, Yellow Gentlemen, Lost in Peru, Lemon Love. For radio: Places in Between (R4), Patent Breaking Life Saving (WS).
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Nakamitsu
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Yellow Gentlemen
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