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Theatre listings > Mary's Wedding. - Tour. Playwright - Stephen Massicotte. Director - Rita Henderson. Designer - Karen Tennant. Lighting Designer - Simon Wilkinson. Sound Designer - Tobin Stokes. Companies - This revival tour is a co-production between Perth & Byre Theatres. Cast - here . 2005 Tour Dates and Times - here . Seen to review at Perth Theatre on 18 February 2005. Run Time - 1 hours 30 mins no Interval . Reviewer - Thelma Good. Pains of Love and War.
This play's emotions work their effects clearly more powerfully in bigger spaces and it benefits from being seen on a larger proscenium arched stage. Sometimes as an audience we need a little more physical distance from the actors before we can let ourselves feel with them and this play, set in Mary's dream before she is about to get married, is one of those times. There are also subtle changes which add to the production's intensity. Not least the strongly directed physical movement of Veronica Leer as Mary and Christopher Stevenson as Charlie also benefit being seen from a greater distance. They move as if they were truly astride their steed with the strong sensuality of their shared horse ride in Canada and then, toward the end of the play, Stevenson's Charlie bravely rides in a Cavalry charge. Coupled with a real sense of the urgent bewildering emotions of their first love, both actors add a beating heart to this revived production. Leer's portrayal of Mary this time better tempers the managing side of her character, making it seem the action of a girl whose desire makes her glow white hot but who knows she, as the maiden, must keep her head. While Stevenson's Charlie grows from a boy terrified of thunder to a man who can face fear down. Covering first love thwarted by war, how loving someone strongly is as frightening as it is exhilarating, and companionship in war in the dreamed bond between Charlie and Sergeant Flowerdew, played by Leer, the play's dream setting now in this revival achieves full effect. © Thelma Good 17 February 2005. - Published on EdinburghGuide.com Review of the 2003 production which had the same team and cast but was staged in a a much smaller space, the Lawrence Levy Studio theatre at the Byre. Cast: Veronica Leer - May/Flowers & Christopher Stevenson - Charlie. 2005 Tour Details of Byre Theatre and Perth Theatre co-production of Mary's Wedding . Tour begins 17 - 5 March Tues to Sat at 7:30pm also Sat mat at 2:30pm Perth Theatre 01738 621031. 14 March at Fraserburgh Dalrymple Arts Centre 01346 511 015. 15 March at Peterhead Community Theatre 01779 477 277. 16 March at Findhorn Universal Hall 01309 69011/01667. 17 March at Banchory Woodend Barn Arts Centre 01330 825 431. 22 March at Dumfries Theatre Royal 01387 250 800. 23 & 24 March at Musselburgh Brunton Theatre 0131 665 2240. 25 March at Kirkcaldy Adam Smith Theatre 01592 412 929. 26 March at Peebles Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre 01721 725 777. 30 & 31 March at Aberdeen The Lemon Tree 01224 642 230. 1 April at Cumbernauld Theatre 01236 732 887. 2 April at Livingstone Howden Park Centre 01506 433 634. 5 - 9 April at St Andrews Byre Theatre 01334 475000. Tour ends. 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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