I mentioned three shows I've seen at Oxford that really popped my cork.
The first to do this was One for the Road.
Titas Halder directed Tim Hoare in Hertford Bop Cellar.
I was lucky to get in. I'd heard it was a stonking show so turned up on spec even though the last night was sold out. I squeezed in the back and stood through it. I can't quite put my finger on why it shook me. The tension set up between the controlled malice yet the persistent drinking really wormed its way under my skin. Clinical: nice suit. Yet out of place: whitewashed cellar.
No theatrical effects. Just a couple of lights on stands. And words. I think above all it was a beautiful sense of pace.
NB If you do a google image search for Pinter, it tries to correct you to printer. Fancy that.
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