Last night was my first MTC of the season. It was a preview of Patrick White's Season at Sarsparilla which is set in Sydney in the late 1950s/early 1960s.
Hmmmmm what to say. It was Patrick White. It started 20 minutes late due to technical difficulties. It was Patrick White. It was long (3 hours).
It just didn't work last night (imho). The actors were all good (the outstanding Pamela Rabe), but unfortunately it just didn't gel or something. There was something missing.
It's a play that needs a strong ensemble cast; it had a strong cast, they just didn't ensemble all that well perhaps - I don't know what the problem was other than to say it didn't quite hang together as it should have.
C+
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