Mrs Dalloway review โ Virginia Woolfโs party planner plays all the roles herself
Storyhouse, Chester Kit Green takes on all the characters in an imaginative interpretation of the 1925 day-in-the-life novel As Clarissa Dalloway wafts about the stage, welcoming her audience indiscriminately before instigating party games, the essence of Virginia Woolfโs scrupulous socialite appears to be missing. But this stage adaptation โ co-written by Jen Heyes, who directs, and Kit Green, who performs โ is a playful re-examination of the novel, wrapped up as a multimedia-driven solo show. Heyes has been experimenting with cine-theatre for some time. The format evokes the work of Australian director Kip Williams, though itโs simpler than his West End blockbusters, Sarah Snookโs The Picture of Dorian Gray and Cynthia Erivoโs Dracula. In Heyesโs production, featuring Monika Koeckโs video design, Greenโs Clarissa similarly interacts with many characters on screen, who she also portrays. At Storyhouse, Chester, until 6 June. Then at Harlow Playhouse, Essex, 10-11 June; Wiltonโs Music Hall, London, 16-20 June; and Home, Manchester, 24-26 September Continue reading...