Edmond

Edmond, David Mamet, 2003

Cast: Carol Macready, Kenneth Branagh, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tony Haygarth, Elli Garnett, Robert Horwell, David Kennedy, Nicola Stephenson, Adam Levy, Andrew Dolan, Jude Akuwudike, Iain Mitchell, Andrew Westfield, Rebecca Johnson, Stephen Greif, Tom Marshall, Harry Towb, Nicola Walker, Jospeh Mydell, Nonso Anozie.

Writer: David Mamet

Director: Edward Hall

David Mamet is one of those directors you're supposed to like if you're serious about theatre - Madonna did his play Speed the Plow on Broadway when she wanted everyone to take her seriously as an actress, because apparently being an amazing popstar wasn't enough - but what little of it I've seen I've found serious, dull and self-important. If I'm lucky I won't see anymore. I only went to see Kenneth Branagh who was back on stage for the first time in ages. It was on the big stage at the National Theatre and I remember nothing about it, although perhaps it was about a man reaching the end of his tether. Turns out Nicola Walker, now a staple of all evening TV drama, was in it too.