Review: Private Lives at Royal Exchange is stylishly savage

Review: Private Lives at Royal Exchange is stylishly savage

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Private Lives- Royal Exchange, Manchester

Writer: Noël Coward Director: Blanche McIntyre The Royal Exchange faces an unusual challenge with their production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives. There have already been two versions of the play recently staged in the region, at Hope Mill Theatre and Octagon Theatre, Bolton, so local audiences may feel the story is over-familiar. Amanda Prynne (Jill [...] The post Private Lives- Royal Exchange, Manchester appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

Private Lives – Royal Exchange

The Royal Exchange’s recent renaissance under its newly installed artistic director, Selena Cartmell, continues apace with a sparkling revival of Noël Coward’s Private Lives. This is a production that deftly balances the play’s barbed wit with the art deco glamour of its setting, while allowing something darker to seep through the cracks: a distinctly Pinteresque unease beneath the polished surface. Coward is often caricatured as the world-weary…