The Duchess Theatre (10/11/12)
So it was the boyf's dad's birthday celebrations in London this weekend and this involved a trip to the theatre. The play of choice was Our Boys at the Duchess Theatre.
The play is quite an intimate affair as the audience is privy to a ward in an army hospital and the lives of six patients who live there, each dealing with their respective injuries and how they are affecting their lives differently.
There were some pretty famous faces on stage including Arthur Darvill (aka. Rory from Dr Who), Laurence Fox (of Lewis and being married to Billie Piper fame) and Matthew Lewis (aka. Neville Longbottom). All performed well, particularly Laurence Fox who's character is perhaps the most interesting psychologically.
The story was good if a little predictable as we saw the brash ladsy lad at the
The play is quite an intimate affair as the audience is privy to a ward in an army hospital and the lives of six patients who live there, each dealing with their respective injuries and how they are affecting their lives differently.
There were some pretty famous faces on stage including Arthur Darvill (aka. Rory from Dr Who), Laurence Fox (of Lewis and being married to Billie Piper fame) and Matthew Lewis (aka. Neville Longbottom). All performed well, particularly Laurence Fox who's character is perhaps the most interesting psychologically.
The story was good if a little predictable as we saw the brash ladsy lad at the
start develop into more rounded characters as we were shown the emotional after-effects of war. This was particularly poignant on remembrance weekend but, as I said, it was a little predictable.
This play was also originally set just after the First World War but had been modernised to the Seventies. This worked well except for occasional slips where the lines had not been altered fully. For example one soldier talks about surviving a car bomb in Northern Ireland and mentions shelling.
That aside I thought this was a good play, well acted if a bit predictable. It was genuinely funny at times which made the emotional scenes more striking.
One bonus of the night was being introduced to the "stage door" and getting to meet the cast afterwards, hence the photo of a very unimpressed Arthur Darvill above.
This play was also originally set just after the First World War but had been modernised to the Seventies. This worked well except for occasional slips where the lines had not been altered fully. For example one soldier talks about surviving a car bomb in Northern Ireland and mentions shelling.
That aside I thought this was a good play, well acted if a bit predictable. It was genuinely funny at times which made the emotional scenes more striking.
One bonus of the night was being introduced to the "stage door" and getting to meet the cast afterwards, hence the photo of a very unimpressed Arthur Darvill above.
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