Judgment Day, Almeida | reviews, news & interviews
Judgment Day, Almeida
Judgment Day, Almeida
The consequences of a kiss
Friday, 11 September 2009
Fresh from scripting one of the year's feeblest films, Stephen Frears's Michelle Pfeiffer-love-in Chéri, Christopher Hampton has turned his translating hand to a solid 20th-century German drama. Ödön von Horváth's late-1930s Judgment Day is not a bad play, but the Almeida Theatre's new staging of it struggles to convince us that it's worth making that much of a modern fuss about.
Fresh from scripting one of the year's feeblest films, Stephen Frears's Michelle Pfeiffer-love-in Chéri, Christopher Hampton has turned his translating hand to a solid 20th-century German drama. Ödön von Horváth's late-1930s Judgment Day is not a bad play, but the Almeida Theatre's new staging of it struggles to convince us that it's worth making that much of a modern fuss about.
The future of Arts Journalism
You can stop theartsdesk.com closing!
We urgently need financing to survive. Our fundraising drive has thus far raised £33,000 but we need to reach £100,000 or we will be forced to close. Please contribute here: https://gofund.me/c3f6033d
And if you can forward this information to anyone who might assist, we’d be grateful.
Subscribe to theartsdesk.com
Thank you for continuing to read our work on theartsdesk.com. For unlimited access to every article in its entirety, including our archive of more than 15,000 pieces, we're asking for £5 per month or £40 per year. We feel it's a very good deal, and hope you do too.
To take a subscription now simply click here.
And if you're looking for that extra gift for a friend or family member, why not treat them to a theartsdesk.com gift subscription?
more Theatre
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Musical, Theatre Royal Bath review - not a screaming success
1950s America feels a lot like 2020s America in this portmanteau show
Wilko: Love and Death and Rock'n'Roll, Southwark Playhouse review - charismatic reincarnation of a rock legend
Johnson Willis captures the anarchic energy and wit of the late guitarist
Playhouse Creatures, Orange Tree Theatre review - jokes, shiny costumes and quarrels, but little drama
April De Angelis’s 1993 play is a delightful if sketchy account of Restoration female actors
Dear England, National Theatre review - extra time for stirring soccer classic
James Graham adds a neat coda to his ode to decency in sport
Weather Girl, Soho Theatre review - the apocalypse as surreal black comedy
A Californian weather girl copes with fires inside and outside her head
Clueless: The Musical, Trafalgar Studios review - a perfectly manicured update
KT Tunstall's new score brings bite and momentum to a high octane evening
The Habits, Hampstead Theatre review - who knows what adventures await?
New play about the game of Dungeons & Dragons explores fact and fantasy
Farewell Mister Haffmann, Park Theatre review - French hit of confusing genre, with a real historical villain
Jean-Philippe Daguerre tries to mix a farcical comedy of manners with the Holocaust
Edward II, RSC, Swan Theatre, Stratford review - monarchs, murder and mayhem from Marlowe
Putsch in the palace brings down a king who chose the wrong person to love
One Day When We Were Young, Park Theatre review - mini-marvel with a poignant punch
Perfectly judged performances enhance a subtle staging of Nick Payne's two-hander
Alterations, National Theatre review - high emotional costs of ambition
The Guyanese migrant experience of 1970s London gets the big-stage treatment
A Knock on the Roof, Royal Court review - poignant account of living under terror
Gaza play is both surreally humorous and finally devastating
Add comment