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The Dumb Waiter review – Thewlis and Mays's supreme double act beefs up Pinter's menace | Theatre theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Review: Serving Murder in âThe Dumb Waiterâ Harold Pinterâs one-act play, starring Daniel Mays and David Thewlis as hit men, is available to stream live via the Old Vic Theater. David Thewlis, left, and Daniel Mays in “The Dumb Waiter” at the Old Vic Theater in London. It is streaming through Saturday.Credit.Manuel Harlan July 9, 2021Updated 8:02 p.m. ET Have you ever gotten stuck in a dingy basement without even a cup of tea to quench your thirst? Service these days just isnât what it used to be. Thatâs the plight of the two hit men in Harold Pinterâs absurdist comedy-drama âThe Dumb Waiter,â a trim and tidy production that is being streamed live by the Old Vic Theater in London. ....
Pinter wrote The Dumb Waiter in 1957 (although it wasn t seen in London until 1960) the year before The Birthday Party received its notorious première at the Lyric Hammersmith. When a friend described them both as political plays, about power and victimisation, the playwright readily agreed. And it is this aspect of the 50-minute, one-act piece that director Jeremy Herrin foregrounds. Ben and Gus are two hit men waiting in a Birmingham basement for their latest victim to arrive. The room is furnished merely with two single beds between which is the dumb waiter of the title (although there is an obvious pun here in that both men are obliged to wait and both are, to a greater or lesser extent, lacking information and agency). Their surroundings are basic, in Hyemi Shin s stark, grey design especially so. When the dumb waiter judders into action it delivers requests for meals impossible for the pair to deliver; there is a kitchen off to the side, but no means of lighti ....
The Dumb Waiter, Old Vic: In Camera review - more in sorrow than in anger theartsdesk.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theartsdesk.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rating: Verdict: Super cosmic rom-com Constellations is a multi-dimensional love story by Nick Payne, written for two actors and set in an infinite number of universes. The beauty of it is that you can cast almost anyone, of any age; and there may be no upper limit to the number of stars you could fix in its firmament. Kicking off this Donmar Warehouse production, being staged at the Vaudeville, we have Zoe Wanamaker and former Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi; and Sheila Atim and Ivanno Jeremiah. Coupling: Peter Capaldi and Zoe Wanamaker. The beauty of it is that you can cast almost anyone, of any age; and there may be no upper limit to the number of stars you could fix in its firmament ....