Review Round Up: The White Chip, Southwark Playhouse

THE WHITE CHIP review by thespyinthestalls at Southwark

THE WHITE CHIP Southwark Playhouse Borough ★★★★ “There is a lot of fun to be had along the way in this remarkable piece” There’s an old joke that has been doing the rounds for quite some time now, that goes something along the lines of ‘quitting alcohol is easy… I’ve done it hundreds of times’. It is a very apt phrase for Steven, the protagonist of Sean Daniels’ profoundly autobiographical play “The White Chip”. Steven has relapsed many times; …

Review Round Up: The White Chip, Southwark Playhouse

We round up the reviews for the UK premiere of  Sean Daniels’ autobiographical play, which is performing until the 16th August. (c)Danny Kaan WhatsOnStage: *** "But it feels more like an excellent public service performance than it does a piece of serious drama. This seems inevitable in the show’s didactic format of Coleman talking directly…