Performance

VenueTheatre Royal Windsor
Other spaces: Windsor Picturehouse
TownWindsor
CountyBerkshire
From28th January 2003
To8th February 2003
What is currently on at Theatre Royal Windsor (V742)

Bad Blood

Bad BloodT01877150447
Tom and Vic are the ideal couple - rich, beautiful and successful forty-somethings with everything money can buy, when they discover Vic cannot give Tom his longed-for Son and heir. The cracks in their marriage are just beginning to show when, like a blot from the blue, ghosts from Tom's past set off an escalating spiral of suspicion, greed and betrayal, as blood ties and life-long friendships are put to the test. With a swirling undercurrent of sexual tension and jealous passion, Bad Blood is a mesmerizing psychological jigsaw with the sharpest of edges, cutting and thrusting its way to the ultimate endgame - murder. Is blood thicker than water?...Bad Blood will keep you guessing until the moment the curtain falls!
Author Richard Stockwell


Archive :: production:T01877150447, play:S566002512, venue:V742

Production details

Reviews

Overall: 4.00
USER (15Feb03): Although slow to start, it is not until scene two/act one that the play starts to spring to life, before taking off at breakneck pace in the second half. Gary Mavers was the lynch pin of the plot as Tom, as the main protagonists weaved their tale of lies, and double dealing. Gillian Taylforth's contribution as Vic was short but sweet, while Julie Buckfield's main highlight was her character Belinda's seduction by Gary, adding incest to the plot in act two. As for Danny Nutt & Doug Rollis, their part in the grand scheme of things did get somewhat confused at times, with each character having their own motives for their action A slightly messy ending, with more questions being raised than answered, it was none the less an enjoyable evening. However the play might have been more suitably made into a TV series, rather than a play, allowing more elaboration in the plot-such as Tom (Mavers) getting to know his long lost daughter, while Smokey's (Nutt), seduction of Vic(Taylforth) was also missed out for the most part, with only the aftermath seen at the start of scene two/act one. Althought the plot, and motive was soon revealed, it was not until the dramatic ending all was finally revealed, there for it deserves 4 out of 5 for that 4

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Company

Producer Ambassador Theatre Group
Producer Sonia Friedman
Producer JAM Pictures (in association with Theatre Royal Windsor and Churchill Theatre Bromley)
Director Roger Redfarn
Design Martin Johns
Lighting Nick Richings
Performer Gary Mavers
Performer Gillian Taylforth
Performer Julie Buckfield
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