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30th August 2022,
Criterion Theatre London
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The Show
The play takes place over the course of one night. Jenny is home alone with their baby while Sam is away on a astrometry trip to the Isle of Sark
When he returns, they have Sam's childhood friend Lauren and boyfriend Ben. The conversation moves onto the events of the last few nights. Jenny describes how at 2:22am for the last 4 nights there has been footsteps on the floorboards regardless if she is in the babies room or not. Sam is not convinced and attempts to find a scientific explanation for the events. So they decide to stay up as group to see the events that may happen at 2:22
Jenny gets more frustrated with his lack of belief in the events. Lauren believes her while Ben is getting more annoyed at Sam's attitude. They decide to play a drinking game with questions involving the paranormal.
The events build up to the end of the first act where the babies Teddy bear mysteriously moves from the shelf in the living room to the sink in the downstairs toilet, sitting in White Spirit.
The 2nd half is build up to 2:22. Ben decides to carry out a séance in an attempt to make contact with the spirit. It unfortunately works and the table moves, Teddy sets fire and lamps go out! But the table moves towards Sam when asked who is the spirit connected too. With Jenny scared and spending time with the baby, Lauren declares her love for Sam and her admitting she covered the bear in white spirit. She also gets angry with him for not joining in with the drinking game.
The clock moves closer towards 2:22 so Sam goes to check on the baby. The doorbell goes and the police arrive. They tell Jenny that Sam has been found dead on the Isle of Sark 3 days ago. His last number on his phone was trying to ring Jenny at 2:22am. The remaining Cast on stage Jenny, Lauren and Ben realise the strange happenings was Sam! The show ends with the sound of the floorboard and Sam talking to the baby through the monitor at 2:22am.
Cast
Sam: Tom Felton
Jenny: Mandip Gill
Lauren: Beatriz Romilly
Ben: Sam Swainsbury
The cast was amazing. The ability to jump from building the tension to suddenly humour was brilliant. You could feel the sadness from Mandip when she found Tom was dead, I actually shed a tear. Beatriz was amazing she was able to portray a slow drunkeness and you actually felt sad for her when she let feelings be known to Tom since their time at University.
You could feel Tom's anger when he was trying to show the scientific reasons and they was ignoring it.
Set
The set was a simple house with no movement. The use of lights to build the tension was brilliant. The outdoor spotlight switching on by itself with nobody around was a simple but effective way to build the tension of the scene.
Seat
I sat in G24 Stalls. They was advertised as Restricted View. The only part I missed was the left side of the stage, and part of the door. Apart from that perfect view. Being a End of row seat also meant easy ability to leave and room for legs to stretch.
Merchandise
The only merchandise to purchase was a program.
Final Thoughts
This was an amazing show. I don't normally go for spooky shows but this was perfect. The tension and the twist at the end was not something I was expecting while watching!
If you get a chance to see this show go!!
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