On
Thursday, 19th September, we went to see the matinee performance of Barking In
Essex at the Wyndham Theatre, which stars famous names Lee Evans, Shelia
Hancock and Keeley Hawes. This play has incredibly mixed reviews, with some
saying how it's the worst play of the year, and others celebrating the
wonderful humour which exuberates from it.
Barking
In Essex is a dark, tragic comedy about the Packers, a hapless criminal family,
who are obviously from Essex. It's the story of a family whom, having spent the
proceeds from a robbery undertaken by notorious gangster and younger son Algie,
face having to cover their tracks before he returns home from seven years in
prison. This involves dead bodies and fleeing to a not-so exotic location for
the second act, where they begin to hatch various plots against each other, and
eventually reaching a loud and tragic ending.
