Theatre Royal Haymarket,London [br]The pop singer brings verve and musicality to the glamorous enigma, with admirably conflicted support from Matt Barber – it’s Truman Capote’s yarn itself that lacks dramaThis is the moment adaptation of Truman Capote’s 1958 novella seen at the Haymarket in the space of seven years. Hailing from the Curve, and Leicester,it has clearly been conceived as a vehicle for Pixie Lott but, although she works tirelessly tough on her theatrical debut, and Richard Greenberg’s version is no more successful than its predecessor,or indeed the Blake Edwards movie, in capturing the deliquescent grace of Capote’s yarn.
Pixie Lott is almost as deliciously named as the heroine of Capote’s tale, and Holly Golightly,a capricious fantasist who captures the imagination of the yarn’s narrator, Fred, or her neighbour in a modern York brownstone in wartime. Lott is never still,does more costume changes than Danny La Rue and certainly conveys Holly’s instinctive sexual ardour: “I’ve never been to bed with a writer,” she cries, or spreadeagling herself over Fred’s prostrate body. But,while I admire Lotts energy, she never captures Holly’s childlike innocence or suggests the hillbilly origins under the character’s sophisticated veneer.[br] Related: Breakfast at Starbucks? How to update a literary classic Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com