tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post5382442439859066875..comments2024-01-20T16:46:43.636+11:00Comments on Kevin Jackson's Theatre Diary: BiddiesGeorge Khuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220918958933755405noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-72542996591568515982012-05-10T12:55:00.425+10:002012-05-10T12:55:00.425+10:00I was expecting something completely different fro...I was expecting something completely different from this play. My expectation (or hope) (and i don't know where i got it from) was that this play, with such a title as "Biddies", may present intelligent women with something to say about life and womanhood in the elder years, perhaps give some insights which may be unexpected and surprising, and perhaps challenging.<br />Instead we got a worn and somewhat mean joke about incontinence and grown women hiding in a broom closet.<br />I left the theatre thinking, the characters were nothing like the intelligent elder women i know in real life. I learnt very little from the play and i think i agree with you it had nothing to do with the ability of the actors, who did a great job. <br />I can't say i didn't enjoy the play completely, as i enjoyed the performances, and i might have been seen to have been tapping my feet to the music, but it's just that i had a simultaneous sense of disappointment that it was not challenging enough for me.Niall Tangneyhttp://www.theatresydney.infonoreply@blogger.com