Riflemind ** - TNT
There’s nothing wrong with most of the acting in this collaboration with Sydney Theatre Company, but Andrew Upton’s portrayal of a once successful rock band contemplating a comeback takes an awfully long time to make much impact.
It’s hard to care whether clean living composer and ex frontman John (John Hannah) or his yoga-obsessed wife (Susan Prior) will lapse into a destructive drink and drugs lifestyle when the other former members arrive for a weekend of jamming, recrimination, and argument about a mooted world tour.
Director Philip Seymour Hoffman does his best to inject atmosphere into a predictable scenario, and things improve after the interval, but even Paul Hilton (excellent as heroin-addicted bassist Phil) can’t salvage this attempt to resurrect and relive the past.
There’s nothing wrong with most of the acting in this collaboration with Sydney Theatre Company, but Andrew Upton’s portrayal of a once successful rock band contemplating a comeback takes an awfully long time to make much impact.
It’s hard to care whether clean living composer and ex frontman John (John Hannah) or his yoga-obsessed wife (Susan Prior) will lapse into a destructive drink and drugs lifestyle when the other former members arrive for a weekend of jamming, recrimination, and argument about a mooted world tour.
Director Philip Seymour Hoffman does his best to inject atmosphere into a predictable scenario, and things improve after the interval, but even Paul Hilton (excellent as heroin-addicted bassist Phil) can’t salvage this attempt to resurrect and relive the past.
Trafalgar Studios, Whitehall, SW1 (0870-060 6632). Until January 3. Tickets £25-£45
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