"a ghostly night out at the theatre"
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“If this is the result when casting a ‘personality’ brings bums to seats during a time when theatres need all the help they can get, then fair play – it's clearly a gambit that's working.”
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2:22 is a show which keeps you guessing throughout, it’s satisfying to watch whether you know the ending from a previous visit, or not. It’s compelling, hilarious, and surprisingly foxy. Robins’ impeccable writing contains all the aspects of a great thriller and properly fleshed-out characters. Long may 2:22 A Ghost Story continue its domination of the West End stage(s).
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Internet gossip about [Lily] Allen’s performance proves to be unfair. She is no Glenda Jackson ... but nor is she a disaster. Danny Robins’s play is entertaining and has a good twist.
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"The great ghost stories leave a mark on your soul, this one vanishes from your mind as soon as you exit its auditorium."
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None of the jump-scare moments rival the frissons I recall from ... the likes of The Woman in Black, but 2:22 A Ghost Story to its credit has far more on its mind.
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“It’s fun to see the way in which Robins sets up clues that prepare one for the denouement while finding a psychological basis for the scaremongering that Cheryl foregrounds in a beautifully achieved balance between bewilderment and rage.”
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Robins’s adept writing ... provide[s] a useful toehold into the characters’ psychological universe. Likewise, the play’s set lends itself wonderfully to metaphorical readings. Bar a handful of genuinely terrifying moments, it’s hardly The Exorcist, but maybe that’s for the best.
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