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27/09/06 by Marion Mansfield
Reading Chronicle

This is a very clever and intelligent play by Yasmina Reza which questions the basis of friendships. Does agreement smooth the way or can they survive with complete honesty and total differences?

The catalyst for mayhem was a large all white painting that Serge had paid a fortune for. This modern piece, and Serge’s rationale for its purchase, appals his friend Marc and both turn for support for their positions to poor hapless Yvan, who prefers to sit on the fence as he doesn’t like falling out with anyone and just wants everyone to be happy. And anyway, he has enough problems of his own.

So their entire relationship is called into question and suddenly the men’s friendship of fourteen years is teetering on the edge of an enormous abyss.

With the clever minimalist stage set whereby simply changing the one painting it then denoted each man’s house, Adrian McDougall, Paul Taylor and Ian Crump for Blackeyed Theatre did the play proud with three very fine performances in what is a very funny but thought-provoking drama.

This superb production moves to Pinewood Theatre, Crowthorne October 3 – 5, then on to the Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames for one night only on 19 October.