"There’s much about masculinity, music, politics, relationships, marriages, rivalry, fame, entitlement and theatre in this play. but little of it is really explored."
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"Quirky piece of high-brow comedy that touches lightly on the chasm between artistic success and critical acclaim."
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"What makes this nimble production at the Park Theatre in London so seductive is that the tale of ambition and skulduggery is drenched in cleverly weighted meta asides."
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"Rather than enhancing the storytelling, it pulls the audience out of the narrative, muddying the emotional stakes of what could have been a gripping artistic showdown."
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"It’s an uneven but enjoyable amalgam of vaudevillian humour, soap opera and actual opera, that gets better and better as it trundles along."
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"James Inverne enjoyably reconstructs the rivalry between Puccini and Leoncavallo"
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"Part history lesson, part comedy, with enough drama to keep you hooked, That Bastard, Puccini has plenty of high notes to make for a fun and informative night at the theatre."
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"An entertaining recount of operatic rivalry that doesn’t quite hit the emotional high note."
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