Posted by: Iain Fisher
« on: June 30, 2010, 11:01:33 PM »Dominic Cavendish reviews the Arcola Mecca in The Telegraph, 29 Jun 2010.
"...Fugard deals with weighty themes – not least, artistic freedom versus social and religious conformity – in a light, albeit possibly too drawn-out, fashion. The acting here answers his subtlety and ambiguity, showing us how the characters’ blind-spots and failings are inextricably bound up with their admirable, rugged stubbornness. Linda Bassett is spot on as the scatty old loner, tingeing her defiance and self-reliance with just the right air of blank desperation. And there’s assured work too from Sian Clifford as the headstrong teacher, by turns forcefully concerned and irritatingly assured, while James Laurenson is a model of creepy solicitude as the visiting pastor. Recommended."
The link is here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/7861975/The-Road-to-Mecca-Arcola-theatre-London-review.html
"...Fugard deals with weighty themes – not least, artistic freedom versus social and religious conformity – in a light, albeit possibly too drawn-out, fashion. The acting here answers his subtlety and ambiguity, showing us how the characters’ blind-spots and failings are inextricably bound up with their admirable, rugged stubbornness. Linda Bassett is spot on as the scatty old loner, tingeing her defiance and self-reliance with just the right air of blank desperation. And there’s assured work too from Sian Clifford as the headstrong teacher, by turns forcefully concerned and irritatingly assured, while James Laurenson is a model of creepy solicitude as the visiting pastor. Recommended."
The link is here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/7861975/The-Road-to-Mecca-Arcola-theatre-London-review.html