Review of Underdog: The Other Other Bronte, a new play by Sarah Gordon, winner of the Nick Darke Award.
Seen at the National Theatre's Dorfman in London on 4 April 2024.
If you thought stories about the Bronte sisters had to be all bonnets, beatings and tuberculosis, this fresh and funny approach will be like a breath of fresh Yorkshire air. Starring Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones, Upstart Crow, Killing Eve) as a Charlotte Bronte like you've never seen before, it asks what if the sisters were more bitchy, than boring.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction: The Other Other...
01:49 Whitewashed Reality
03:26 Comic Mastery
06:01 Olde English, Reimagined
08:20 Cartoonish Style
10:21 Very Very Funny
11:43 Star Rating
This production of Underdog: The Other Other Bronte plays the National Theatre's Dorfman stage until 25 May 2024. I was invited to attend press night on 4 April 2024.
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