Alan Bennett’s ‘People’ at The Electric Theatre, Guildford, 24 – 27 November
★★★★★ Essential Surrey. ‘Guildburys’ new production of People by Alan Bennett is a real joy. All the ingredients of farce are there, and they’re fully exploited to hilarious effect.
★★★★ Guildford Dragon. ‘A door opened, a man walked in, and an audible gasp went around the audience. What a beginning! A brilliant 4.5 stars.’
Production photography Phill Griffith at PGpics
Essential Surrey Review
‘Gilly Fick plays Lady Dorothy, who just wants her home to be warm, with ensuite bathrooms and running hot water, without “people” traipsing through its rooms to view it and herself as museum pieces.
She transforms herself effortlessly from a despairing neglected old woman to a charming middle-aged lady enjoying the fun that the movie crew brings to the house: “I’m not a metaphor, and nor is this house” she says. Caroline Whillans as Iris, her companion, is also onstage continuously, giving a wonderful performance as a curmudgeonly old woman living in the past, who nevertheless misses nothing.
Her delivery of stinging asides and pointed rebuffs is brilliantly funny.
Cheryl Malam as June, the archdeacon sister, is a model of uptight disapproval of all but her own plans.’
Essential Surrey Review here
Click to read the programme here
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals
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