NATIONAL THEATRE - BEST OF 2011

ONE OF THE FUNNIEST, MOST INTOXICATING PLAYS I HAVE EVER SEEN!

THE BEST ON STAGE COMEDY OF 2011, FOR SURE.

PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, GO AND SEE THIS PLAY. IT WILL NOT DISAPPOINT!

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THE KITCHEN FELT LIKE A TRUELY ORIGINAL PRODUCTION. 

IT POSSESSES BRILLIANTLY DARK HUMOUR BUT ALSO THE MADNESS AND DRAMA OF A WORKING KITCHEN.

THIS PLAY BEGINS  BY SUBMERGING YOU INTO A STRANGE AND CHARMING WORLD BUT UNLIKE MOST PLAYS, WHICH MEAN TO DISTRACT YOU FROM REAL LIFE, THIS PLAY HITS YOU IN THE FACE WITH REALITY.  

I BLOODY LOVED IT! 

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GRIEF WAS A CLASSIC MIKE LEIGH PRODUCTION.

 FUNNY BUT MOSTLY SAD IN A BRUTALLY REALISTIC AND AWKWARD WAY. 

BEING A MASSIVE FAN OF MIKE LEIGH I'M AFRAID I WAS NOT A FAN OF THIS PLAY. 

THE END LET IT DOWN, I COULD SEE IT COMING FROM THE BEGINNING AND ALTHOUGH THE ACTING WAS FLAWLESS, THIS WAS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT TO ME.

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JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK WAS YET ANOTHER GREAT PRODUCTION THAT THE NATIONAL THEATRE DELIVERED.

THIS PLAY HAD A EXCELLENT CAST, LEAD BY CIARAN HINDS AND SINEAD CUSACK.

ALL ACCENTS WERE SPOT ON, THANK THE LORD, NOTHING WORSE THAN A SHIT ATTEMPT AT AN ACCENT FOR 2 HOURS. 

BEING QUITE IGNORANT TO THE PROBLEMS THAT IRELAND SUFFERED DURING THE 1920S, THIS PLAY WAS A REAL EYE OPENER, NOT ONLY ENTERTAINING ME FOR 2 HOURS BUT ALSO, GOD FORBID, EDUCATING ME TOO! 

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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS WAS A GOOD PLAY BUT IT WASN'T AMAZING. 

THE STARS OF THE SHOW WERE DEFINITELY MICHELLE TERRY AS LUCIANNA AND LUCIAN MSAMATI AS DROMIO OF SYRACOSE. HOWEVER A LOT OF THE ACTING FROM THE SMALLER ROLES IN THE PLAY WAS BELOW AVERAGE.

THE FINAL SCENE OF THE PLAY IS TERRIBLE, THE FAMILYS ARE REUNITED AND ITS ALL SERIOUS. REALLY BAD. 

HOWEVER THE SET WAS GREAT, REALLY DIVERSE. 

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FRANKENSTIEN HAPPENED ALOT EARLIER IN THE YEAR.


DIRECTED BY DANNY BOYLE, THIS PRODUCTION HAD A GREAT BOOM TO IT.


THE SET, THE ACTING AND THE SOUND WERE COMPLETELY CAPTIVATING, THE TRAIN SCENE IN PARTICULAR WAS TOTALLY THUNDEROUS AND GREAT!


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