Quartermaine's Terms@ The Wyndham. Set in a 60s EFL school staff room. Rowan Atkinson makes a humorous & gentle return to the West End 7+/10
Very good cast with strong performances all round. Rowan is clearly the main attraction for this new play. For those expecting Mr Bean they will be disappointed. The play has some Bean moments and it seems based on the performance tonight that much of the character is just Rowan being himself. Anyway not enough Mr Bean perhaps to stop a few members of the audience leaving at the interval. The play does not open until next week. One suspects for these preview performances that a lot of tickets have been given to those working in the industry and its easy for them to leave if they know they have a ready supply of free tickets to all the best shows. My wife and I paid almost £120 to see it. Not including programme and interval drinks.
4 act play with one interval. The Wyndhams is a great theatre although the royal circle bar is too small for the numbers wanting to use it
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