Some Woman review – Anne-Marie Duff is wholly believable but this twisty drama is not
Dorfman theatre, LondonThe far-fetched plot turns and some underdeveloped characters undermine the powerful messages about prejudice in Helen Edmundson’s playOpposing forces tug against each other in this new drama as...
By Arifa Akbar · The Guardian Culture
Dorfman theatre, London The far-fetched plot turns and some underdeveloped characters undermine the powerful messages about prejudice in Helen Edmundson’s play Opposing forces tug against each other in this new drama as Anne-Marie Duff is magnificent amid playwright Helen Edmundson’s implausible plotting. The result is a failed suspension of disbelief yet a convincing central performance. Duff plays Julie, a mother, ex-wife and working woman whose already over-burdened life is turned upside down by an incident at a tube station when an 11-year-old boy randomly and aggressively insults her. She challenges him, reasonably, and in a series of unconvincing plot turns, winds up facing a legal battle and potential prison sentence. Continue reading...