No Way Out Review by Lyndsey Goddard
- Although producing Jean-Paul Sartre's No Way Out was challenging for the director and the cast, the play was positively received by the audience.
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- Wendy Rolph, on her directorial debut with a translation by Frank Hauser, staged the show brilliantly, coaxing her cast into adding expressive detail into a difficult and wordy play.
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- Robert Bush as revolutionary coward Garcin was highly praised for his performance as a man who admitted he was not very nice - and proved it.
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- Suzi Brinkler, as Ines the lesbian postal clerk, rose to the challenge admirably, creating a very believable character, and the only one who really understood that they were damned forever.
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- Melissa Badcock, in her first performance for HAmDramS, played rich bitch Estelle, coolly playing Garcin and Ines against each other for a place in her affections, and boasting of her misdeeds on Earth, but worrying over her lack of a mirror.
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- Finally, Adam Clow made the most of his time on stage as the Waiter, disinterestedly playing with a Rubik's cube whilst explaining the rules of Hell.
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- The stage was moved to the centre of the auditorium, enabling the audience to get up close and personal with the actors. A swelteringly hot day provided extra ambience in our non-air-conditioned theatre
- Quote of the Play: >
- Garcin: "Where are the racks, the whips, the red-hot pincers?" Waiter: "Are you being funny?"
