Review: Wait Until Dark

york Theatre RoyalThere are some plays you can't help but feel should be quietly taken out to the wings and duffed over a little.
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Nov 2017, 16:45 BST
Updated 12th Dec 2017, 11:23 BST
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER: Karina Jones starring in Wait Until Dark at York Theatre Royal.PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER: Karina Jones starring in Wait Until Dark at York Theatre Royal.
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER: Karina Jones starring in Wait Until Dark at York Theatre Royal.

It has been revived again here by Original Theatre, but sadly lacks any originality and without the Hepburn factor, both the plot holes and the woeful dialogue are horribly exposed.

There are some half decent performances lurking beneath the plodding action. Karina Jones, who was registered blind at the age of 13, does her best to bring some depth to Susy and Jack Ellis manfully attempts to make conman Mike more than just a caricature.

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It’s a thankless task though in the face of a production which feels unforgivably dated and which despite the calibre of the cast feels like it might have been the product of bog standard am-dram company.

Pedestrian, unimaginative and more than a little dull, by the time the final plot twist came, it wasn’t just those on stage who were contemplating murder most foul.