‘Maurice’s Jubilee’ play review
Sixty years ago, according to Maurice, he met a beautiful young woman on the eve of her becoming a Queen. Apparently she promised to look him up if she was still on the throne in 2012.
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Sixty years ago, according to Maurice, he met a beautiful young woman on the eve of her becoming a Queen. Apparently she promised to look him up if she was still on the throne in 2012.
Heading Out is a lot less dark than Grandma’s House – essentially, quite old fashioned and with broad appeal.
There’s a point in many circus acts when the ringmaster, introducing the next death-defying act, calls for absolute silence, warning that even the slightest slip or miscalculation could result in injury, dismemberment, or even death. There’s no chance of that in Circus of Horrors, and not just because it’s a couple of hours of lots of sound and fury.
You get the impression that if Jon Richardson worried less about the audience liking him, he’d have them eating out of his hand. Which, no doubt, would be spotless.
The dialogue blisters and blusters at a furious pace and it’s admirably unclear if there’s an easy solution to the problem.
Perhaps not the most fun of the Roger Moore Bonds, but it’s certainly the one that brings out Moore’s strongest performance as Bond.
001. The story James Bond gets the heads up about a vicious contract killer, and there’s a bullet with his name (actually, his number) on it. The entire plot is based on a clever sleight of hand (the villain isn’t even that bothered about Bond until very late on in the film), but soon descends … >
For everyone who automatically answers any question about the meaning of life with a number, this is great, silly fun.
For the most part this is sharp, well-delivered comedy with a pair of actors at the top of their game delivering honest, affecting performances.
We think we’re closer to solving one major mystery of this series, namely, why we’re not enjoying it nearly as much as we think we should be.