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STEAMING
Bournemouth Little Theatre Club
Jameson Road, Winton
Bournemouth
October 2005

THESE days those who can afford it join – at great expense – health clubs, but in the 1960s, when this play is set, the local baths, crumbling though they may have been, were the place to go, and not only for one’s weekly ablutions.
The set for this production gives every impression that it really is one such place, so well is it designed and constructed by David Weeks, and the lighting effects are superb. But I’d have expected nothing less, given that every other aspect of the production, brilliantly directed by Jack Snell, is as near perfect as it is possible to be.
As a social comment on the changing role of women it is spot-on, and Nell Dunn’s outstanding script is by turns hilarious and deeply thought-provoking, with every character and situation fully developed.
The cast – Nicola King, Denise King, Tommy Egerton, Rachael de Courcy Beamish, Louise Scott & Yvonne Henley – excel themselves. Their fine acting totally makes us believe that they really are those socially diverse women who meet up to share their hopes, fears and friendships, all the while learning from each other and growing in stature as a result.
Surely amdram doesn’t come any better than this.

Linda Kirkman
Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo


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