Aisling Siobhan

Review of Almeida Theatre

Nice theatre, if a little out of the way. Have see...

Nice theatre, if a little out of the way. Have seen a few good shows here, but Lies was an unusual experience that I would not repeat. Rehearsed monopoly where they force you to sit and play with strangers (purposely splitting groups who arrive together), and 5 of the 7 people on my "team" never got the hang of the rules, and the 6th refused to play 4 out of 5 rolls of the dice. I feel like if they advertised the way the experience worked in advance either people would be more inclined to participate or only the people who want to participate would bother to attend. 2/5 for a live action wall street style crisis. 5/5 for the venue and staff generally. I averaged the rating to 3/5 stars!