My Romantic
History is a hilarious look at the world of dating, firstly through the eyes of
Tom, the new boy in the office. Tom, Brain Lonsdale, isn’t looking for love but
at the end of his first week joins his new workmates for drinks and ends up going
home with fellow worker from another floor Amy, Bryony Corrigan. Here follows
the story of their relationship from his point of view, as he changes from
addressing the audience directly to showing the scenes from his current
relationship and his one true love of the past. Brian has fantastic comic
timing. Act II changes to the perspective of Amy, where we find out things
might not have all been that accurate from Tom’s perspective. Act III brings
the whole piece together.
Amy McAlistar
plays Sasha, another co-worker and all the other parts. The scene where she
plays all the past relationships of both Amy and Tom is well worth going for
alone.
Alison
Ashton’s set is stark and easily conveys several locations from the office,
streets, pubs and even a toilet without having to change anything which keeps
the pace fast and furious. The excellent pen and ink illustrations from Ben
Holland which are projected help with the location changes and firmly locate
this production in Newcastle instead of Glasgow from the original production.
This is
certainly an adult production due to the nature of the language used, but it
isn’t used to shock, only to enhance and bring some reality to the production.
A hilarious production,
full of energy, which hits the spot on all counts.
