Hello,
It's time for my first review here on Five Minutes Till Curtain Up and today I'm review my time at The Miser at the Garrick Theatre in London.
What to say about this play. Well let's start with the cast shall we? It couldn't be more "star cast" if it tried. To name just a few names the play has Griff Rhys Jones and Lee Mack as two of it's "main characters". I say main characters but I think most of the cast could be given main character status. Alongside those two big name, the play also stars Matthew Horne, Katy Wix, Andi Osho and Ryan Gage. So it's safe to say it was well cast.
The Miser is all about one man. He is rather rich however he doesn't like to spend any of his fortune. so he plans to marry off his two children so that he doesn't have to pay for them anymore and can therefore live with his money alone.
The play was originally written by Molière but was adapted for this version, in theory to bring it more entertaining and more relevant to a twenty first century audience by Sean Foley and Phil Porter into something that reminded me of a slapstick pantomine style play, complete with many funny jokes that I really rather enjoyed.
The official reviews of this play have not been overly kind, mostly due to the fact that there is so many visual and vocal gags, which weren't part of the original play. However for me, it was a very entertaining couple of hours well spent.
The Miser is on at the Garrick Theatre in London until 3rd June.
Have you seen this play? What did you think?
Don't forget to watch the review below.
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