https://www.remybumppo.org/old-times/
Reviews:
"Remy Bumppo Theatre, one of my favorite Chicago companies, is presenting this icy sparring match in an exceptionally satisfying production that has been staged with surgical skill by James Bohnen, the company's artistic director. Nick Sandys, Jenny McKnight and Linda Gillum all give tightly coiled performances that keep the tension rising all the way from curtain to curtain." The Wall Street Journal - Highly Recommended
""Old Times" lives and dies on rich acting and directorial understanding. That's all here, and it's, I suspect, more than enough to both awaken and disrupt part of your romantic, memory-etching evening." Chicago Tribune
"...This Remy Bumppo Theatre production treads lightly: Linda Gillum, Jenny McKnight, and Nick Sandys are clipped and restrained, very British, yet urgently involved." Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended
"...as soon as the curtain rises on the reliable tag team of Nick Sandys and Linda Gillum—Chicago Theatre's William Powell and Myrna Loy—we know to expect razor-edged repartee swapped with a tension, precision and erotically-charged chemistry so palpable as to throw off sparks.... the results make for a riveting 75 minutes (that's with an intermission) of tantalizing, deceptively commonplace, mystery." Windy City Times - Highly Recommended
"...Remy Bumppo delivers a smart and subtle version of Pinter’s play. Sandys locates the snarling will to domination underneath Deeley’s sour wit, while Gillum is at once ingenuous and insinuating. Together they transform standard songs such as “You Can’t Take That Away from Me” into minor masterpieces of threat and oblique longing... a deftly executed staging of a haunting and difficult classic." Time Out Chicago - Recommended
"The production by Remy Bumppo is as good as it gets." Chicago Stage Standard - Highly Recommended
Reviews:
"Remy Bumppo Theatre, one of my favorite Chicago companies, is presenting this icy sparring match in an exceptionally satisfying production that has been staged with surgical skill by James Bohnen, the company's artistic director. Nick Sandys, Jenny McKnight and Linda Gillum all give tightly coiled performances that keep the tension rising all the way from curtain to curtain." The Wall Street Journal - Highly Recommended
""Old Times" lives and dies on rich acting and directorial understanding. That's all here, and it's, I suspect, more than enough to both awaken and disrupt part of your romantic, memory-etching evening." Chicago Tribune
"...This Remy Bumppo Theatre production treads lightly: Linda Gillum, Jenny McKnight, and Nick Sandys are clipped and restrained, very British, yet urgently involved." Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended
"...as soon as the curtain rises on the reliable tag team of Nick Sandys and Linda Gillum—Chicago Theatre's William Powell and Myrna Loy—we know to expect razor-edged repartee swapped with a tension, precision and erotically-charged chemistry so palpable as to throw off sparks.... the results make for a riveting 75 minutes (that's with an intermission) of tantalizing, deceptively commonplace, mystery." Windy City Times - Highly Recommended
"...Remy Bumppo delivers a smart and subtle version of Pinter’s play. Sandys locates the snarling will to domination underneath Deeley’s sour wit, while Gillum is at once ingenuous and insinuating. Together they transform standard songs such as “You Can’t Take That Away from Me” into minor masterpieces of threat and oblique longing... a deftly executed staging of a haunting and difficult classic." Time Out Chicago - Recommended
"The production by Remy Bumppo is as good as it gets." Chicago Stage Standard - Highly Recommended
