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THE OPPOSITE SEX
Bournemouth Little Theatre Club
Bournemouth Little Theatre
Winton
Bournemouth
April 2002

DAVID Tristram’s ‘adult comedy’ is, on the face of it, real end-of-the-pier material, with plenty of humour and a strong, if predictable, story line. However, it also makes for somewhat uncomfortable viewing because it illustrates only too clearly how people often reserve their very worst behaviour for those they profess to love the most.
The story is set around two totally dissimilar couples who unexpectedly find themselves together at a dinner party. They find out all too soon that there actually is a common denominator, and subsequent revelations ensure that dinner is the last thing on anyone’s mind.
This is not the usual type of Theatre Club fare, but an enthusiastic response from the audience proved it to be a popular choice. Certainly there is no doubting its standard - Lee Tilson’s direction is well-paced and makes a striking contrast between the frenetic earlier scenes and the more reflective mood of the final one, and the cast is well chosen, with strong performances all round. Don Cherrett is wonderfully bemused as Mark, plainly under the thumb of his wife, Vicky (Trish Binding). There is a lovely contrast too between Dawn Hollington’s none-too-bright Judith and Paul Mole’s anti-everything Eric.

Linda Kirkman
Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo

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