4 star Time Out review
No nationals but Time Out liked it:
Here are excerpts that don’t reveal the play:
“…Two men, one young, one middle-aged, watch over the sickbed of old Tommy Lee in a down-at-heel hospice room. The three of them bicker and jostle for position. There is talk of a stack of money hidden in the cupboard.
[Then] Yeoh’s ingenious twist makes itself known….
…Yeoh’s account of the immigrant experience – of Tommy’s journey from Malaysia and his acceptance into the social whirl of the 1960s – is cleverly played off against the generational conflict. … David KS Tse, Nicholas Goh and Jonanthan Chan-Pensley (in descending order of age) give decent performances in Bronwyn Lim’s production…
…the vertiginous sense of possibility and regret present in Yeoh’s intelligent script.”
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3 Responses to “4 star Time Out review”
Congrats. we hope to come next week. xx h
It’s well deserved praise, Ben. The play has a lightness of touch combined with a willingness to take on the sweep of a man’s life. It’s moving and, as TO says, intelligent.
The nationals not coming is more a symptom of their lack of resources. With so many openings, they’re thinly stretched. The Pulitzer-winning play at Southwark hasn’t had a Guardian/Times/Standard review – press night was the same as yours.
Gawd bless Time Out!
Thank you so much for your kind comments and wonderful support.