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Suite has two Acts each with two stories which are only connected
by the fact that they all take place in the same hotel suite. It took
my husband until the interval to realise this!
'Settling Accounts' opened with an 'oo er' from
the lady sitting next to me! This was a dark comedy with few laughs.
Mark Curry quickly shook off his Blue Peter image, by using some
of the few swear words of the evening and John Challis was reminiscent
of his character, Boysie, from Only Fools and Horses, as a dodgy
business man.
'Going Home', appealed to me more, as the main
character was an American shopaholic (not that I'm one, you understand!),
staying at the hotel with her 31-year-old daughter.
Daughter sets Mum up with a date and when she returns
at around 2am, having said she'd be back at 9.30pm, proceeds to
give her the third degree - a case of role reversal if ever I saw
one. The date is described as 'tweedy and suedey', and has a plethora
of allergies - nice.
'Diana and Sidney' is both amusing and poignant.
Diana is a Joan Collins lookalike and Sidney, her ex-husband, was
strangely reminiscent of Larry Grayson. These characters introduced
us to the real skills of the actors. Much of the comedy came from
facial expressions alone.
I found 'The Man on the Floor', the funniest piece,
it almost verged on the slapstick, with Mark Curry portraying a
stereotypical man, who can't cope with pain. Charlie Buckland, deserves
a mention for his cameo role as the bellman, whose specialist skill
is finding lost contact lenses in hotel bedrooms.
4/5
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