I need no excuse to visit Finborough Theatre and the trio of period pieces Makeshifts, Realities and Honour Thy Father, from just over a century ago, seemed to be right in our joint sweet spot. Well worth punting £20 on.
The Finborough Theatre routine ran to plan and I was sitting in my usual seat in the front row soon after 7pm having been fed and watered in the usual locations beforehand.
Makeshifts and Realities are two related pieces written by Gertrude Robins. In Makeshifts two unmarried sisters have few hopes of finding a husband and try to make the best of the situation. In Realities we jump forward two years and find out how their decisions have worked out.
Honour Thy Father, by H. M. Harwood, was a different story told by the same cast and was also centred on a female character; that was the point of the programming. And it worked.
The stories were a great success because they gave us an insight to another time and other ways of living. Adding to that was the great cast, effective set and, my highlight, the fabulous costumes.
It was another good night at Finborough Theatre and another good reason to keep going back there.
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