Review of SUS (2010) by Mike M — 11 May 2010
Resolutely theatrical in both staging and performance; one might say the determination the coppers display towards breaking the accused is as nothing compared to the director's desire to grind down his audience.
It's all words - the kind of thing actors eat up, but too often mistake for a satisfying meal - and any subtlety or nuance gets lost in the flow: equipped with period hair and glasses, Spall could resemble any number of David Walliams/Robert Webb sketchshow creations, and the actor's technique and choices are left horribly exposed by the tight, constraining focus.
Brown, at least, gets stuck into the language, and Dyer does what he can with the righteous straight bat [playwright Barrie Keeffe] equips him with, but it's just hard to see why this play's being revived now, in this format, other than to coincide with the arrival of another Conservative government.
This review of SUS (2010) was written by Mike M on 11 May 2010.
SUS has generally received positive reviews.
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