Jan
31st
Tuesdays! - The Bar Where Everybody Knows Your Shame!
By Luke Tudball
For the size of the bar, it's a lot of people - both in the
audience and in the cast. But rather than feeling cramped and
stuffy, the atmosphere is chattering and excited.
I must admit that before coming to review this show I had
never set foot in The Albany, and was a relative stranger to
Great Portland Street. I knew where it was, of course, having
walked past it a couple of times, looked in the window and
thought what a great place it would be for the parents to take
me, you know the sort of thing. But certainly, never descended
into the darkened depths of the cellar come bar come performance
space that is Lowdown at the Albany.
Tonight, it is fair to say, there was not really even
enough space to swing the proverbial cat, but still the 14-strong
cast did an admirable job of working with, in, around (and
occasionally on) the audience, in this interactive 'theatre soap'
which promises us installments every Monday and Tuesday evening
(at 8 pm) until March 6th. The action (rather conveniently)
centres around an ill-fated bar, 'Tuesdays', its
owners and customers, and rather like'Cheers', it even
has its own theme tune.
With one foot in 1806, and one firmly planted in the
present day, at times this can be a little confusing, but
nevertheless very enjoyable. There are some great performances
from the cast, especially Adam and James Riches, who also wrote
and produced the show.
Like any good soap opera, at the end of this first episode
we are left with cliff-hangers aplenty, and more questions than
answers, but I feel that as Winston Churchill once said, this is
not the beginning of the end, rather it is the end of the
beginning.
For more information about The Albany, please
visitwww.lowdownatthealbany.com
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