![]() ![]() Ian Bartholemew as Groucho Marx struggled in the enormous shoes to fill, while Ingrid Craigie as the maître d’ has her moments of comedy. Eliot is, for the most part, fairly natural on stage, with a presence and charisma that engage the audience. The unquestioned strength of this is McGuiness’s writing, which is slick, smooth and playful subtly delving into complex experiences and questions. As in many absurdist plays, almost nothing happens, and yet in their petty disputes, witty asides and cynical remarks, McGuiness asks fundamental existential questions. They talk, they argue, they dance and that is it. Elliot are having dinner at an empty restaurant, where the food never comes, and the maître d’ never seems to pay them any attention. The essential premise is suitably ridiculous, Groucho Marx and T.S. ![]() McGuiness’s new play is written with wit, and linguistic dexterity, it fluidly taps into some of the core brilliance of absurdism. In Dinner With Groucho, everything and nothing becomes clear, in a classically absurdist play where very little happens and yet everything is contemplated. The great Frank McGuinness turns his hand to the absurd in this new, farcical exploration of friendship and death. ![]()
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