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Toast
Park Theatre
Reviewed on Friday 29th August 2014
★★★
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As Richard Bean continues to take theatreland by storm, Eleanor Rhode has staged the first London revival of his very first play, Toast.Inspired by the time he spent working in a bread plant, Toast is one of Bean's few plays to feature characters based on people he knew and worked alongside personally.
Other than a factory drama the piece is character driven, centring around the men's unique relationships. I do love a character driven piece, and here Bean provides characters with brains of all shapes and sizes. Some are not to be messed with, while others clearly have a screw loose.
What I love most about Bean is his unpredictability; within the last two months I've had the pleasure of seeing One Man Two Guvnors (which is touring the UK) and Great Britain (which is about to transfer to the West End), as well as Toast. All three plays couldn't be more different, with Toast being the most gentle of the three. Its rhythm is calmer.
What I love most about Bean is his unpredictability; within the last two months I've had the pleasure of seeing One Man Two Guvnors (which is touring the UK) and Great Britain (which is about to transfer to the West End), as well as Toast. All three plays couldn't be more different, with Toast being the most gentle of the three. Its rhythm is calmer.
