Theatre

Are You Lonesome Tonight

Darren Atwater | Saturday 20 August, 2011 18:54

Elvis is everywhere, Elvis is everything, Elvis is everybody, Elvis is still king. 1977 Dwight surprises Leanne on their twentieth wedding anniversary with tickets to follow the king on his last tour. One the king didn’t turn up for. Presley died on the toilet and Dwight and Leanne’s marriage nearly goes down the same when it comes out hubby has blown their savings on these tickets and a Harley Davidson. At first the American accents of performers Alison Green and Andy Moseley, who also wrote the play, were the most grating I’ve ever heard. Green’s was passable enough to eventually be ignored. Moseley’s was simply bizarre until I realised that’s his way of talking, and his native Oxford accent is probably just as odd. Suddenly his voice, along with his semi-Emo way of carrying himself became endearing. There are some nice themes explored here, such as the devastating loss of heroes, but not for a minute did I believe these two have been married 20 years. There is no physical or emotional, or chemical contact, and that the idea of two decades going by without discussing their dreams, their childhoods, their feelings is preposterous.

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