#TIMMY Roxy Dunn King's Head Theatre Playmill EdFringe Review Joz Norris Hanna Berrigan

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TIMMY by Roxy Dunn King’s Head Theatre 11 and 12 July Part of PLAYMILL Festival ‘ … ballsy originality, catch it when you can’ ★★★★★ Who needs an expensive set when you have two ‘talking heads’ speaking directly to the audience bringing the whole house into convulsions of laughter. This show has ballsy originality. There are several no-no’s here. It’s a play about relationships, spoken by two people who never actually look each other in the face. Surely this cannot work? However, standing at angles to each other turns out to be a brilliant metaphor for their disjointure. She’s not getting enough sex, and he wants to be friends instead of lovers, or does he? Maybe not, so doesn’t he fancy her? Maybe he does. Doesn’t he want to commit? Maybe he doesn’t. Or … there’s another problem preventing the couple from getting what they want from each other. The denouement when is arrives is extremely brief and like the rest of the show has an illusive quality. The two actors are exceptional with their exquisite comic timing. Writer Roxy Dunn plays the role of Judith with extraordinary charm whilst Joz Norris as Tim speaks volumes with the slightest expression and movement of his body. Lighting is slick. Sound has its own comic timing and role in the show. The director, Hanna Berrigan has got it all right. If you want a great night out, catch this when it’s next in town. TIMMY by Roxy Dunn King’s Head Theatre 11 and 12 July 2018 Part of PLAYMILL Festival at King’s Head Theatre Full programme: http://www.kingsheadtheatre.com/cop-of-what-s-on Edinburgh Fringe 1-13, 15-27 August 2018 https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/timmy Reviewer Heather Jeffery is founder and Editor of London Pub Theatres Magazine www.londonpubtheatre.com @pubtheatres1 Email: hjwrites@aol.com Formerly playwright and Artistic Director of Changing Spaces Theatre. Her plays have been performed at Drayton Arms Theatre (Kensington), Old Red Lion Theatre (Islington), VAULT festival (Waterloo), St Paul’s Church (Covent Garden), Cockpit Theatre (Marylebone) and Midlands Arts Centre (Birmingham)