To Have and To Hold Hampstead Theatre review
Alun Armstrong and Marion Bailey are excellent in Richard Bean's otherwise restrained comedy about ageing parents and their middle-aged children
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Alun Armstrong and Marion Bailey are excellent in Richard Bean's otherwise restrained comedy about ageing parents and their middle-aged children
Richard Bean’s new comedy runs until 25 November
Hampstead Theatre brings Richard Bean's uproarious new comedy, To Have and To Hold, to stage next month. Alun Armstrong will play Jack Kirk and is joined by Marlene Sidaway as his wife Flo Kirk. Alongside Armstrong and Sidaway as Jack and Flo's children are Christopher Fulford and Hermione Gulliford. The cast is completed with Rachel Dale and
Co-writer Maxine Peake stars as an am-dram actor playing the former Commons speaker in Sarah Frankcom’s end-of-the-pier-style production
LET'S face it, there isn't much to laugh about at the moment.