King John Reviews

Anonymous from London,

BRILLIANT

Fantastic show, standing ovation from audience. Nighy is splendid!

Luke from London, UK

A CLEVER AND THOROUGHLY COMEDIC PRODUCTION.

A well composed script, tells the story of a charismatic London restaurantuer and his visit to an old aqaintance in North West London. Well casted and a real seam of rich British humour runs through the play, whilst managing, ably to raise some wider pithy big society issues . The set is fantastic, a grubby council flat with a very impressive backdrop. Be sure to have pre-theatre dinner as Mulligan cooks up a spaghetti bolognese live on stage! Go and see Skylight, for laughs with Nighy and some well constructed 'fall guy' set pieces from Mulligan.

Luke from London, UK

A CLEVER AND THOROUGHLY COMEDIC PRODUCTION.

A well composed script, tells the story of a charismatic London restaurantuer and his visit to an old aqaintance in North West London. Well casted and a real seam of rich British humour runs through the play, whilst managing, ably to raise some wider pithy big society issues . The set is fantastic, a grubby council flat with a very impressive backdrop. Be sure to have pre-theatre dinner as Mulligan cooks up a spaghetti bolognese live on stage! Go and see Skylight, for laughs with Nighy and some well constructed 'fall guy' set pieces from Mulligan.

David Barbour from London,

SEE THIS FOR CAREY MULLIGAN'S PERFORMANCE IF NOTHING ELSE

Carey Mulligan steals the show in this beautifully written and acted play, a revival of David Hare's play first performed 20 years ago. She is brilliant as the idealistic Kyra, flirting with rekindling her interrupted love affair. My only disappointment was the casting of Bill Nighy as the central male character Tom. He is too lightweight for this role, and while his comic timing is spot on, his intonations are too familiar for this part. I read after seeing the play that Michael Gambon had played this role 20 years ago in the original production, and that gruff er, more substantial presence is needed as the lovers squabble. But I would still urge you to see this for Carey Mulligan's performance alone, quite wonderful.

Pierre O'Hallaran from London,

SKYLIGHT

Saw this play 19 years ago with Micheal Gambon and Lia Williams an d loved it. Back then the play seemed to have more of a political punch as the country had grown to detest the sleazy Tory government and the left/right divide was more pronounced and topical. The play when first produced was set in the present and remains set in the early 1990s which again means that it loses some of its sharpness. Still, it's always nice to see Bill Nighy (his psychiatrist in Blue Orange remains a personal treasure) and Carey Mulligan looks rather wonderful all the time. Nighy returns to the role of Tom and turns in a charming rant of a performance with the audience and Kyra (Mulligan) hanging on his every word. If a little contrived at times, the dialogue is on the whole plausible and witty with both characters picking out the flaws in each others' choices and lives. It is Mulligan who does not seem quite at peace with the role of Kyra, alas.

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