It’s so re-assuring when you walk into a theatre and see a Victorian drawing room on the stage – ‘ah, a proper play!’…..
…..and so it is with ‘Waste’. Though the responses to the events presented here would be different & faster in 2008, the issues are timeless. It’s a little wordy for modern sensibilities (compare with Now or Later at the Royal Court, which is a modern-day equivalent that packs as much into 75 mins), but Samuel West has delivered a finely detailed production with a first class cast.
This is a career high for the under-rated Will Keen and there are terrific cameos from Bruce Alexander, Helen Lindsay and Hugh Ross.
Another triumph for the rnt – real national theatre!
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