Foxfinder
Dawn King
Foxfinder
William Bloor, a Foxfinder, arrives at Sam and Judith Covey's farm to investigate a suspected contamination. What follows will change the course of all their lives, forever.
3.5 out of 5 based on 4 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Location |
London |
| Venue |
Finborough Theatre |
| Director |
Blanche McIntyre |
| Cast |
Kirsty Besterman, Gyuri Sarossy, Becci Gemmel Tom Byam Shaw |
| From |
November 2011 |
| Until |
December 2011 |
| Box Office |
0844 847 1652 |
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William Bloor, a Foxfinder, arrives at Sam and Judith Covey's farm to investigate a suspected contamination. What follows will change the course of all their lives, forever.
Reviews
The Evening Standard
Fiona Mountford
“Set in an England that is recognisable enough for us to settle back happily to watch but disconcerting enough to startle us constantly ... this is a vision of our past or our future, I'd certainly rather see it on stage than live there myself.”
02/12/2011
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The Guardian
Michael Billington
“Clearly the play is a parable, but one that works because of the openness of King's central symbol ... the play is an attack on the danger of fundamentalist certainties. What stops it toppling into gothic absurdity is King's sharp sense of humour, narrative drive and realism: she locates her dark fable in a plausible world where cattle have to be fed, leeks harvested and meals cooked.”
05/12/2011
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The Stage
Natasha Tripney
“However, atmospheric as it is, the play loses power the more it explains itself and its ideas. It works best when it’s at its most opaque and cagey, when it drops hints and clues, when it sketches in pencil rather than in ink.”
02/12/2011
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The Times
Dominic Maxwell
“Handled wrong this could be quite the ripe dystoptian melodrama. Indeed, you wait 90 minutes to see where King is going to take her fascinating ideas next only to find that the slow simmer leads to an overcooked conclusion. And yet what a simmer it is. ”
05/12/2011
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