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The Ballad of Hattie and James review " a musical friendship comes back into tune

by Emma John

Kiln theatre, LondonSophie Thompson and Charles Edwards are delightful as the unlikely pair thrown together by a school production as teenagers and reunited late in life Music, says Hattie, is supposed to be a consolation. But in the opening moments of this play, it feels more like an exorcism, as she sits down at a piano in St Pancras International station and gives a performance that goes instantly viral. In Samuel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:48am on April 19, 2024