The Show

REVIEWS:

'A Wildean Waiting for Godot. Hutchinson writes fluently and amusingly about narcissism and the cult of celebrity. There’s chemistry between seasoned performers Sean Brosnan (a suitably haughty Brummell) and Richard Latham (reliably sardonic as Austin). Director Peter Craze succeeds in conveying its subject’s understanding of dress as a matter of almost religious significance.’

'Beau Brummell is back and you can’t take your eyes off him! It sticks in your mind and haunts you twelve hours later with the image of senile defiance, remembered grace and crazy nobility. Can’t get it out of my head.’

'Very enjoyable! Sean Brosnan and Richard Latham are well cast with some cracking  lines throughout. This is a lovely play right in the heart of London. It has to be produced at the Jermyn Street Theatre – just a hop and a skip away from Beau Brummell’s Statue on Jermyn Street'

'Richard Latham and Sean Brosnan carry off their co-dependency admirably. Brosnan has gaunt elegance and, like Brummell’s neck cloths, just the right amount of starch. Moreover, Latham brings earthy revolutionary spirit to the servant who is wittier than his bon mot-dropping master can ever realise.’

'Hutchinson’s script allows Brummell to fire off sharply funny zingers like an embryonic Wilde. As the fallen man of London society, Sean Brosnan is a plaintive mix of superciliousness and befuddlement, nicely undercut by Richard Latham’s exasperated Austin.’

'It is appropriate that a play about Beau Brummell should open within yards of the statue of London’s most celebrated dandy. Director Peter Craze creates some nice iconic images as Brummell is dressed with religious ritual and there are flashes of Wildean observation in the dialogue'