Saturday, 11 July 2026

Backstroke

 

Backstroke, Donmar Warehouse, 2025.

Cast: Tamsin Greig, Celia Imrie, Lucy Briers, Anita Reynolds, Georgina Rich, Chloe Hart & Tamilore Lawson, Rhashan Stone.

Writer & director: Anna Mackmin.

This was irresistible: I really like Tamsin Greig and had never seen Celia Imrie before. The chance to see them playing mother and daughter in a small theatre was not to be missed. The reality was a bit disappointing. Celia spent some of the time in bed, and other times being slightly difficult and unlikeable. It occurs to me now that she must have gone to film The Traitors just after this.
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