GOODNIGHT MR TOM - THEATRE REVIEW

GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM AT THE NEW ALEXANDRA THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM

Theatre Run: Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 April 2013
Performance Reviewed: Tuesday 9 April (Press Night)

Reviewed by Kyle Pedley

There is a timeless honesty and simplicity to the tale of Goodnight Mister Tom that belies it’s relative youth, it’s original Michelle Magorian novel having been published just over 30 years ago and the seminal television adaptation starring the late John Thaw arriving on our screens at the back end of the 1990’s. Both incarnations of the tale have become something of instant classics, beloved and applauded and as such this latest stage adaptation may be seen as having tough, definitive acts to follow, but it also allows it to somewhat ride on a crest of nostalgia and familiarity.