pravda

Last night I went along to the Birmingham Rep to see the play Pravda. Its set in the mid-80s at the height of Thatcherism and the toing and froing of the fleet street industry (Freddie starr's hamster etc).
The play had its moments, you can't deny it is funny in places. There were some good individual performances (Roger Allam playing the South African media mogul). But in the whole it didn't pull together in an enjoyable way, I was left admiring the lighting and staging, which is usually top notch in this superb venue.