The play was excellent and very well presented. The simple manoeuvring of the props on the stage created clearly different scenes. Although the content was serious in substance, it was delivered quite aptly with humour. Tony Blair was portrayed as somewhat naive, stupid and self-centred, only caring about his own position as Prime Minister rather than the situation that had been created by his Government. The leading lady (Maxine Peake) did a very good job and it was easy to agree with everything she said. This is easy to do in hindsight I suppose but its a shame that people in high places didn’t also agree with her at the time of the Iraq war! The theatre was purpose built but yet charming but some of the seats in the front of the circle were a bit uncomfortable as the ground was sloping under them. You did get an excellent view from every seat though. I was also very surprised to find out that the playwright is still married to her husband (Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's chief of staff) as they had such opposing points of view!
RB
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