ONE OF THE STRANGEST PLAYS I HAVE EVER SEEN, SHARED MANY A SHOCKED FACES WITH THE WOMAN ON MY LEFT BUT STRANGE IS BY NO MEANS A BAD THING! IN FACT IN THIS CASE ITS DAMN FINE THING.
I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU SEE THIS PLAY IF YOU REVEL IN AWKWARDNESS AS I DO. IT HAS A BIT OF A MARMITE VIBE, SOME PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE LOOKED UNAMUSED AND BORING WHEREAS OTHER, BETTER PEOPLE RELISHED IN WILD LAUGHTER. (THE MAN IN THE FRONT ROW, LEFT OF THE STAGE WINNING GOLD!)
THE STORY FOCUSES ON NEIGHBOURS, TWO COUPLES ONE OF WHICH HAS JUST MOVED IN. THE COUPLES ARE AT EITHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, ONE IS A MARRIED, MIDDLE CLASS, CONSERVATIVE COUPLE AND THE OTHER IS A JUST MOVED IN, USED TO SHOT HEROINE KIND OF COUPLE. DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENCES THEY HAVE A SORT OF INFINITE BOND THAT IS REALLY SWEET TO WITNESS AT TIMES, A BIT LIKE SIBLINGS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON WITH ONE ANOTHER.
DETROIT IS A PLAY THAT MAKES YOU LEAVE WITH A FISH SLAPPED FACE, DOUBTING WHETHER THAT REALLY DID JUST HAPPENED. SOME POINTS IN THE PLAY REMINDED ME OF KNOCKED UP OR SUPERBAD AND THESE MOMENTS WERE BRILLIANT, THEY WOULD HAVE PROBABLY WORKED BETTER IN THE FILM BUT THE FACT I WAS WITNESSING THEM WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE JUST MADE ME LOVE IT EVEN MORE!
I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE SOME GOOD CONTEMPORARY WRITING AND THEATRE.
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