Wasted - King's Head Theatre Pub (Review)
Review by Shanna Schreuder
SHORT, sharp and smart. Kat Woods’ Wasted forces you to view in detail what a drunken encounter between a man and a woman can lead to. And, like life, it includes all the uncomfortable bits, as well as all the funny and happy moments.
The audience starts the show as part of the production by being squished together on the dance floor as the two protagonists – Emma and Oli – weave through the crowd to find each other and get to the bar before last orders.
Quickly, we’re then ushered into our seats by the bouncers in order to get to the nitty-gritty part of this contemporary love story, but what follows the next day reveals that this yarn is no fairytale.
Wasted is a perfect piece for the King’s Head as it benefits from the closeness created by the pub’s intimate theatre space. Both Serena Jennings and Will Hearle are top-notch as they don’t only play the main characters with ease, but also successfully take on all the other roles without the need for props or customer-changes.
Wasted may only stretch to just over an hour, but it’ll leave you thinking and discussing it for days after.
Tickets: September 14 and 16 – £10; September 17 and 19 – £14; then £18 full price, £15 concessions.
Time: 9.30pm.
Running Time: 65 minutes.