Asked to respond to the provocation "well behaved women seldom make history", 4 writers have produced 4 plays,
Programme B of the RSC's Midsummer Mischief contains the plays I Can Hear You by EV Crowe and This Is Not An Exit by Abi
Zakarian and as with Programme A, I am expressing myself through the medium of Rupaul's Drag Race (gifs courtesy of
Fuck Yeah Drag Race) - mischief indeed.
Once again, the seating. It may well leave you like this.
And though I'm onside with the feminists, I have to say this double bill left me disappointed.
Some may not be surprised I didn't like Crowe's piece (
we do have history...) but though it may seem I am...
...I do try to remain open-minded, honestly. This "naturalistic supernatural" story achieves little though.
And Zakarian, a writer with whom I was previously unfamiliar, also failed to make much real impact.
So whilst I wouldn't want to be accused of being too harsh...
...there's no doubt that out of the pair of them, Programme B needs to sashay away.
Running time: 1 hours 50 minutes (with interval)
Booking until 12th July and then playing the Royal Court 15th-17th
July
Labels: Abi Zakarian, EV Crowe, Jo McInnes, John Bowe, Julie Legrand, Mimi Ndiweni, Rob Boulter, Ruth Gemmell, Scarlett Brookes
