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Monday April 1, 2019

All About Eve

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How could one pass up the opportunity to see Gillian Anderson and Lily James in such iconic roles? Serendipity meant I was able to take Alison with me for a little appropriately-timed celebratory outing. For me, this did not disappoint, although Michael Billington (my personal bellwether) was - unusually - not so enamoured. It's hard not to compare it with the Bette Davis film - even though, (Philistine that I am), I only belatedly realised during the performance, that it was a film I had actually seen(!). Unsurprising, there was a more immediately obvious comparison with the staging of Network, and although I thought it was excellent, the use of the multi-media technology did not have quite the same intrinsic relevance to the plot.
However I found it wonderful, and would not have missed it for the world.

[I also want to mention Monica Dolan here: she is a fabulous actress, and to my mind seems to be in "everything" either in noticeably character-acting leads, but also in quieter supporting roles, undergoing such amazing transformations that I always have to do a double-take to check it really is her.]

Posted by Christina at 8:25 AM. Category: Days Out

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