The Invisible Man
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 24, 2010
Closed Feb 13, 2011
Opened Nov 24, 2010
Closed Feb 13, 2011
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H.G. Wells's classic novel has been converted into a music hall romp for the entire family. The 'ideous 'appenings that shook the bucolic village of Iping when the sinister Griffin arrived, wrapped in bandages and with a distinctly unsociable manner, are told with tongue-in-cheek humour combined with jaw-dropping special effects.
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The Invisible Man, Ken Hill's adaptation of the H.G. Wells novella now at the Menier Chocolate Factory, is not a thing of subtlety, nor is it meant to be. The work is framed in the form of an Edwardian music hall performance, which allows for some exuberant overplaying on the part of the cast, and Ian Talbot's production fails to engage with the darker aspects of Wells' story and instead focuses almost entirely on the comic.
John Gordon Sinclair plays the mysterious bandage-swathed stranger who arrives in the West Sussex village of Iping seeking privacy to find the cure for his affliction. When strange things begin to happen around the village, the locals, including sharp-tongued inn keepe[...]