Doig - Review (From Richmond and Twickenham Times)

Doig - Review

9:07am Friday 4th September 2009

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Doig - Tabard Theatre

The Tabard has started its autumn season with a very fine play indeed.

Doig's themes are up-to-the-minute - consumerism, green issues and exploitation - and they are dealt with in an adult and intelligent way, which may sound old-fashioned, but then so do Shaw and Priestly.

From the start it kept me riveted in my seat and eager to know what came next.

Doig is a man in disgrace, he has nothing to lose, so he decides to lose everything, leaving himself only a large recycling bag and his name, and finally even these are exploited.

As Doig, Rhys King gives a performance of great power, Harriet Ryder as his sister, Kate Victors as his boss, and James Sygrove as his life-style advisor give admirable support.

The director/designer Ken McKlymont does a fine job in both these spheres and brings out the very best in this play.

I'm going to stick my neck out here. I believe that Greg Freeman's play has quite a way to go, and anyone who takes a seat at the Tabard, bringing their brain-box, with them will be proud to be one of the earliest to recognise its quality.

Richard Langton

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