6/5/2023 0 Comments Chess bjorn![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You can’t fault the cast for effort in what is a three-hour display of astonishing lung capacity. There is also no grasp of the politics of representation: the show is full of national and racial stereotyping, most notably in the Bangkok scene. It doesn’t help that it is often hard to hear the words, even though everyone is almost always shouting. An evening that requires two pages of synopsis is one with a storytelling problem. Tim Rice’s book is a great lumbering thing and Laurence Connor’s slack production seems to work on the premise that if there’s enough flashy video you will be too stunned to notice that this is a musical devoid of characterisation with a plot doesn’t make sense. The latter brings musical and emotional light and shade to an underwritten role which predominantly requires her to stare into the middle distance and look sad. There are some great songs – most notably I Know Him So Well, which is beautifully delivered by Janson and Burke. Underwritten role … Alexandra Burke in Chess. ![]()
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