Allegra – Richmond Theatre, London

Review: Allegra at Richmond Theatre

The audience seemed utterly won over Maureen Lipman charms from the moment the curtain rises in Peter Quilter’s new comedy Allegra, directed by Stephen Mear, writes Leo Dunlop. The play centres on Allegra, an ageing woman who lives alone, unmarried and without children. Concerned by recent news from her doctors, her devoted younger brother Ronen decides she may need a carer (played by Elizabeth Bower). But Allegra is not the sort of person who r…

Allegra – Richmond Theatre, London

Writer: Peter Quilter Director: Stephen Mear It’s been quite a year for playwright Peter Quilter’s stage plays about singing women. Glorious!, about New York socialite and legendarily bad singer Florence Foster Jenkins, has completed a UK tour, while Judy Garland drama End of the Rainbow is enjoying critical and commercial success at Soho Theatre Walthamstow. [...] The post Allegra – Richmond Theatre, London appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

ALLEGRA review by thespyinthestalls at Richmond Theatre

ALLEGRA Richmond Theatre ★★★★ “The chemistry between them is comedy-duo gold dust” ‘Unhappiness is the new normal’ quips Ronen midway through Peter Quilter’s bittersweet comedy. ‘Then why am I the one taking the pills?’ replies Allegra, the title character. A simple retort, almost childlike in its innocence, but it encapsulates the deeper questions that are lurking just below the surface of this uplifting and fiercely funny new play. ‘Allegra’ …