Two this week. First, the musical 'Operation Mincemeat'. That was a recommendation from one of my wife's colleagues, from whom we won't be taking any more recommendations. We left at the interval.
Second, a newish comedy, 'The Unfriend', which is getting a lot of coverage, partially as it currently stars Frances Barber, Lee Man and Sarah Alexander, all of whom make a rather thin script work well as an ensemble piece. On the way home, my wife commented that it worked as a theatre piece because we could see all the characters at the same time but that if we'd begun watching it on TV we'd have switched off fairly early. If you fancy an undemanding and amusing night out, I'd recommend it, but I don't think it would survive long with a different cast.
Next up - unless something interesting pops up locally - is Ian McKellan in Player Kings. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing him having a whale of a time in Frank and Percy so it will be interesting to see him in a more 'formal' role.
