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Theatre listings > The Danny Crowe Show
- Scottish Premiere.
Marvelously unhinged is Emily Winters's Magda slopping about in her once well fitting but ghastly clothes, cardigan's with knitted belts - you get the picture? Leaving us havering between thinking him a bastard and believing he's really trying to make things work is Keith Fleming as Miles. Lopsided Tiffany, lets us see again the very able Dundee rep apprentice Lesley Hart this time playing a more full on type after her good debut in Twelfth Night. Kevin Lennon's Peter soars between elation as he makes his tale work and plummeting only momentarily into angsty adolescent despair while Emily Pollet gives us an engaging Lynette, the friend you want around when Roger comes back early. The only real adult amongst them the earnestly nice Roger, played by Robert Patterson whose very honest acting as a bewildered parent fits the bill. Directing for the first time at the Rep Graeme Maley gives this play, which could leave you untouched and unrewarded, just the right nudges to ensure it carries all its hidden cargo. Themes are interestingly underplayed to root the farcical goings on - Peter denying his father and nearly all the characters denying the real affection between them and another. In the main scenes in Peter's house the lighting has a harsh white light always visible at the windows, one can only presume that it's a very moonlit night but it distracts. The humour Farr deploys is of a particularly bitter and acerbic type and may not be to everyone's taste but if you like to laugh at the ghastly messes we get into "when first we practise to deceive" this will have you rocking increasingly in your seat. © Thelma Good 5 November 2003. - Published on EdinburghGuide.com Cast: Peter - Kevin Lennon, Tiffany - Lesley Hart, Lynette - Emily Pollet, Miles - Keith Fleming, Magda - Emily Winter and Rodger - Robert Patterson. Theatre Editor, Thelma Good's e-mail is thelma@edinburghguide.com Although every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in these pages, no responsibility can be accepted for any errors or omissions. Theatre listings >
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