Review by Paul Towers, 9/11/2023
2:22 A ghost story by Danny Robins
Directed by Matthew Dunster & Isabel Marr
Produced by Runaway Entertainment
At Curve til Saturday 11th November 2023
“the laughs and the shocks come thick and fast”
Frazzled new Mum Jenny (Louisa Lytton) has been coping alone in the new house she has bought with husband Sam (Nathaniel Curtis) who has just returned from working away. Now he is back home they are throwing their first dinner party with long time friend Lauren (Charlene Boyd) and her new man Ben (Joe Absolom).
Jenny has been hearing strange noises at 02:22 for the last few nights. Is it just foxes, as sceptic Sam insists, or is it more supernatural, as Ben suspects? As both men are know-it-alls the conversations gets fraught.
Gradually Jenny becomes more convinced that Ben may be on to something. While Lauren just gets drunker and secrets come tumbling out.
Both the laughs and the shocks come thick and fast as we watch the digital clocks on set creep closer to 2:22. What does actually happen when the time arrives?
A great set of a kitchen/diner being renovated is complimented by the extraordinary lighting and sound effects.
2:22 has been a long standing fixture in London’s West End and I am not surprised. It runs at Curve until Saturday 11th November and then continues to tour. Do yourself a favour and grab one of the last tickets for this supernatural shocker.
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