Originally announced for a 2020 run at Playhouse Theatre, this much anticipated production has been rescheduled for a twelve week run at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 21 Apr - 17 Jul 2021.
Ticket holders for the original venue and dates are to be contacted in the coming weeks and presumably, will be offered the chance to re-book. Once that’s happened and seating’s reconfigured to conform to Covid regulations. I very much doubt that there’ll be many tickets left so I strongly recommend you book right now if you fancy it.
And you should. This is one of our finest actors in a brilliant play that will haunt you for a long time.
There’s an honesty and simplicity about Tennant’s work on stage and TV that’s always part of great acting but there’s more to it than that. There’s something about his easygoing persona that suggests there’s a real vulnerability beneath, but the darkest kind that comes from recognising inadequacy and a desperate fight to keep it hidden.
Whether he plays warm and witty people like his characterisation of Doctor Who or monsters like the psychopath Dennis Nilsen, who he recently portrayed on TV, that vulnerability and fight is always there. I think that’s why he makes everyone he plays, from medieval kings to crumpled modern detectives so relatable.
It’s that quality that I predict will be used to devastating effect in this particular role.
The central figure in GOOD is an ordinary guy who takes no stand as the Nazi’s rise to power in 1930’s Germany; opting, as I fear most of us would, to go with the flow and see what happens. His fate is an incredibly powerful portrayal of the terrible consequences that follow when “Good” people do nothing.
It’s a barn-storming role, that I’ve seen bring out the best in some very great actors including Charles Dance and Edward Petherbridge.
I’m slightly concerned by a listing that announces that the director will be “reimagining” the play and that there’s no mention of the author C.P. Taylor. I really hope they won’t meddle too much with this masterpiece but the director concerned is the Olivier Award-winning Dominic Cooke who recently staged the National Theatre’s beautiful and poignant revival of FOLLIES. So we’re in safe hands.
Here’s two pieces of fantastic news!