Festen

Festen, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2006

Cast: Christian Coulson, Lucianne McEvoy, Laurence Mitchell, Will Barton, Miranda Foster, Belinda Sinclair, Rupert Frazer, Camilla Arfwedson, David Beames, Walter Hall, Robert Goodale, Neal Barry, Mark Theodore

Writer: David Eldridge based on the Dogme film

Director: Rufus Norris (currently director of the National Theatre until 2025)

I'm not sure I can be trusted to book stuff for myself. What on earth was I thinking going to see this? Yes, it might have been a hit at the Almeida but it's based on a film made to the Dogme set of rules about authenticity which if you read them now are about as little fun as it's possible to have on a film set. I'm guessing it was a family drama and I suspect it would have been torturous. I really should stick to musicals.