Wait Until Dark (1998)
Directed by Jack King
Performances: July 1998, Bell Theatre
Contents
Introduction
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Cast
- Roat - Ian Mill
- Suzy - Trine Barfod
- Gloria - Rachel Harte
- Mike - Andy Smith
Crew
- Stage Manager - SM Name
- Lighting Design - Designer Name
- Lighting Operator - Operator Name
Reviews
"A thriller must keep us on the edge our seats, wanting to know more but frightened of what it may be. I was on the edge of mine for much of this production of Frederick Knotts' Wait Until Dark, especially when Ian Mill as Roat took the stage. With an almost monotone delivery of his lines and a menacing calm to his movement, he created an atmosphere of sinister plotting and impending disaster. Equally convincing, was the blindness of Trine Barfods character Suzy, on which we had to believe if the play was to succeed. With these essentials in place and backed up by a superbly detailed set, good lighting and scary music, Jack King directed the production towards its climax. I had not seen the play before and, all right, I admit, I guessed the heroine would win through in the end, but the suspense was maintained to the finish and my heart did beat faster at the crucial moments. In these key areas the play succeeded.
However, while the suspense did build throughout the play it was not a steady process. Too often, the desire for emotional tension seemed to be expressed by turning up the volume and increasing the movement around stage ('Why are they shouting at me?' I kept thinking, and 'Less is more.') I was impressed by the unselfconscious portrayal of Gloria by Rachel Harte and the manner in which she and Trine Barfod acted together, giving us a relationship which developed in intensity and mutual understanding. Andy Smith as Mike also produced a convincing relationship with Suzy where friendship and duplicity melded realistically. At times though, actors appeared to be delivering their lines in a vacuum, seemingly unaware that their performances affected the overall shape of the play and were always in relation to other characters; a quieter approach and greater awareness of how each character relates to another, might have increased the tension still further."
~ Audience review <ref>Scene, August 1998</ref>
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