author: Martin McDonagh
director: Michael Grandage
starring Daniel Radcliffe (who btw looks absolutely ill and exhausted at the moment and is way too young to be attractive for me anyway)
Set on the small Aran Islands community of Inishmaan off the Western Coast of Ireland, c. 1934, the inhabitants are excited to learn of a Hollywood film crew's arrival in neighbouring Inishmore to make a documentary about life on the islands."Cripple" Billy Claven, eager to escape the gossip, poverty and boredom of Inishmaan, vies for a part in the film, and to everyone's surprise, the orphan and outcast gets his chance...
Set
on the remote island of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland, word
arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the neighbouring island
of Inishmore. The one person who wants to be in the film more than
anybody is young Cripple Billy, if only to break away from the bitter
tedium of his daily life. - See more at:
http://www.michaelgrandagecompany.com/whats-on/#the-cripple-of-inishmaan_page0
Set
on the remote island of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland, word
arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the neighbouring island
of Inishmore. The one person who wants to be in the film more than
anybody is young Cripple Billy, if only to break away from the bitter
tedium of his daily life. - See more at:
http://www.michaelgrandagecompany.com/whats-on/#the-cripple-of-inishmaan_page0
Set
on the remote island of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland, word
arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the neighbouring island
of Inishmore. The one person who wants to be in the film more than
anybody is young Cripple Billy, if only to break away from the bitter
tedium of his daily life. - See more at:
http://www.michaelgrandagecompany.com/whats-on/#the-cripple-of-inishmaan_page0
Set
on the remote island of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland, word
arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the neighbouring island
of Inishmore. The one person who wants to be in the film more than
anybody is young Cripple Billy, if only to break away from the bitter
tedium of his daily life. - See more at:
http://www.michaelgrandagecompany.com/whats-on/#the-cripple-of-inishmaan_page0
Set
on the remote island of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland, word
arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the neighbouring island
of Inishmore. The one person who wants to be in the film more than
anybody is young Cripple Billy, if only to break away from the bitter
tedium of his daily life. - See more at:
http://www.michaelgrandagecompany.com/whats-on/#the-cripple-of-inishmaan_page0
Set
on the remote island of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland, word
arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the neighbouring island
of Inishmore. The one person who wants to be in the film more than
anybody is young Cripple Billy, if only to break away from the bitter
tedium of his daily life. - See more at:
http://www.michaelgrandagecompany.com/whats-on/#the-cripple-of-inishmaan_page0
Set
on the remote island of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland, word
arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the neighbouring island
of Inishmore. The one person who wants to be in the film more than
anybody is young Cripple Billy, if only to break away from the bitter
tedium of his daily life. - See more at:
http://www.michaelgrandagecompany.com/whats-on/#the-cripple-of-inishmaan_page0
what I liked: it was fairly entertaining, Daniel Radcliffe is a good enough actor and I understood everything despite the strong (and partly faked) Irish accents. I can tell everyone now that I have seen Harry Potter live on stage (at the stage door I missed him by seconds)!
what I didn't like: it was completely unsophisticated and dowdy, lacking any sort of creativity and artful spark (something unfortunately often happening on English stages).
The set, the acting, the costumes and last but not least the play itself - everything was more amateur burlesque than a fresh and exciting re-interpretation.. Not sure if jokes about priest groping kids arses are really knee-slappers nowadays.
verdict: Too much drinking and swearing but secretly good-hearted Oirish stereotypes and too little real dramatic art and compassion.
Not the best of plays done in the most safe and boring way possible. Something to please the paying masses, a bit of Irish folklore for the Daniel Radcliffe fans (there is no other reason to cast an English actor to star as an Irish boy...how blatant).
You can go and see it till the 31 August...you might as well leave it.
sounds a lot like "leave it" :)
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