Saturday 3rd February
Huge thanks go to Avanti West Coast, whose strike stopped me going home this morning, for enabling this treat.
A powerful, sad, funny play with affectionate but not unduly flattering portrayals of Geilgud and Burton. Mark Gatiss was extraordinary. Johnny Flynn produced a great and moving physical performance but, of course, could not fully capture the mellifluous, yet clipped, Welshness of Burton’s voice. Tuppence Middleton was charming as Elizabeth Taylor.
Exceptionally moving - not least because one knows how Burton’s demons and drinking lead to his self-destruction.
Standing ovations seem de rigeur for any show these days but this one was truly deserved. Many left the theatre wiping a tear from their eye. And the bloke in the row behind me said “well, that was worth missing the rugby for”.
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