Far Away Theatre / Musical National

Far Away

 
Description: Play by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Stephen Daldry. Performances: Evenings : MON-THURS 19.4, FRI-SAT 19.45,21.30. ... more
Far Away ... Matinees : NONE.
SEASON DATES : Opening: 18-JAN-01 Booking To: 3-MAR-01. Showing at the Albery Theatre, St Martins Lane, WC1. Box Office

Newest Review: ... begins to emerge of something dark and bloody going on in the countryside. Nothing concrete is mentioned, so it’s left to the imagination to fill in the gaps, but the chilling atmosphere is extremely effective. However that scene ends, and just as you are wondering where it will lead the next scene opens. It has nothing to do with the first. In a sense your expectations are dashed ... more

 ... – which is fine, there’s nothing wrong with inverting expectations, except that the atmosphere established in the first piece is dissipated. The climax to this scene is unexpected and quite frankly it doesn’t work. I won’t spoil it f...more

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Premium Review Far Away: Not Far Enough (394 words)
by - written on 15/02/01 (Very useful, 301 readings)
Rating:

Billed as a chilling vision of the future, Caryl Churchill’s ‘Far Away’ is deeply flawed and extremely disappointing. This short (around 50 minutes) piece is based around three scenes, all set in some unspecified time and place in the future. It’s only in the first scene, which boasts some fine performances from Linda Basset (of East Is East fame), and an 11-year old girl (whose name I’ve forgotten), that you get an idea of what this might have become. In the dialogue between the adult and child a picture begins to emerge of something dark and bloody going on in the countryside. Nothing concrete is mentioned, so it’s left to ...  Read the complete review

 

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