Review: The Bald Prima Donna, Wharf Theatre, Devizes (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

• "The Bald Prima Donna was my first experience of absurdist comedy and I didn’t really know what to expect, I had read the above review and still things were none the clearer.
  
  The play itself was fast paced and had some fantastic lines, offering a rather tongue in cheek reference to an ‘Australian Burgundy’ to which only some of the audience cackled... Therein giving the line even more weight!
  
  Although some of the comedy went over some people’s heads, it did not detract from the overall experience. Children laughed because adults laughed, adults laughed because it was witty and clever.
  
  The characters were portrayed wonderfully, the cast gave each one their own voice(!) The energy oozing from the stage seemed to infect the audience and there was an almost electric buzz during the intermission.
  
  Having heard that this performance was the director’s debut, I was a little taken a back. She certainly hit the ground running with this one! With flashing lights, a gesticulating Fire Captain, Wild Thing and much more it certainly packed a punch.
  
  Lou Cox is certainly someone I shall be keeping an eye on, having seen her perform last year at the Wharf in See How They Run, and now seeing her in this role, i believe her talents to be endless."
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