HOW TO BE AN OTHER WOMAN - PRESS REVIEWS
THE GUARDIAN Lyn Gardner
“Abrahami's production has a glorious playfulness, like a child's game”
“The neat staging and clever ensemble playing make this a superior and enjoyable piece of theatrical chick-lit.”
“For all its giggling girlishness, it is touched by a creeping tide of disappointment, presenting itself to the world like a woman who wears a bright red lipstick to camouflage her despair.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/sep/07/how-to-be-an-other-woman
THE METRO Claire Allfree
“There are several neat moments- at one point a deeply insecure Charlene is surrounded by super fit woman skiing down a slope as she nurses crippling feelings of inferiority towards her competitor."
“Slickly acted.”
“It captures something of Moore’s self-deflecting armory, where everything is a tragedy wrapped in a barb-wire joke.”
THE TIMES Dominic Maxwell
“There is plenty to enjoy in Natalie Abrahami’s game adaptation, in which four young women swap around the roles of the unmarried man.”
THE STAGE Heather Neill
“Sharp, cleverly crafted adaptation”
“Like the author when the story was written, they are playful, on the brink of experience, adopting leading roles in the dressing up box fantasy of their lives.”
“Witty, disciplined choreography (by Aline David) masquerades as improvisation in this exemplary ensemble piece.”
"The direction pleasingly picks up Moore’s sense of student-like experimentation, smoothly delivered by all four Charlenes.”
http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/29431/how-to-be-an-other-woman
THE BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE Phillip Fisher
“Artistic Director Natalie Abrahami and her creative team step in and illuminate the tale using dance, movement, contemporary love songs and a stylish concept that serves their purpose perfectly.”
“The synthesis of Charlene's experience with carefully choreographed movement and many gently telling flourishes comments wryly but perceptively on the topic.”
“With the assistance of the four talented actresses, Faye Castellow, Samantha Pearl, Ony Uhiara and Cath Whitefield who work wonderfully as a team, plus choreographer Aline David, Natalie Abrahmi has somehow created a really enjoyable evening from the slimmest of material. By the end, you really feel as if you have been through the heady pleasures and mental turmoil of a New York affair, all in just an hour.”
http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/otherwoman-rev.htm
THE EVENING STANDARD Fiona Moutford
“It’s a nifty idea to transpose to the stage Lorrie Moore’s 1985 short story about adultery in New York using four actresses to portray one young woman, all dressed up with nowhere to go unless her married lover calls.”
“Natalie Abrahami’s production minors in actual dialogue but majors in a sensuous, lugubrious atmosphere, underpinned by the sinuous movement work of Aline David.”
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23873856-lonely-lady-in-how-to-be-an-other-woman.do
TIMEOUT Sam Marlowe
“a chic, snappy game of dress-up that draws on noirish imagery to explore notions of identity and betrayal in a sexual relationship.”
“its playfulness is an apt metaphor for the dodges, feints and double-talk of early-stage romance.”
“The language is vivid, pin-sharp.”
“Faye Castelow, Samantha Pearl, Ony Uhiara and Cath Whitefield are nimble performers, and if it's a little too coolly clever, it delivers piercing jabs of uncomfortable truth.”
http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/event/185578/how-to-be-an-other-woman