It isn’t often that plays return as a result of popular acclaim, but that’s what’s happened at the Chiswick Playhouse, writes John Horton
Tryst is a play you really should try to see. It sold out during a run three years ago at (what was then called) The Tabard theatre, above the Bath Road pub. And now it’s back by popular demand.
My Chiswick friend and neighbour Fred Perry stars as George Love, a conman, alongside Scarlett Brookes as Adelaide Pinchin, the milliner shop girl in this 90-minute intriguing thriller based on a 100-year-old true London story.
The trickster whisks Pinchin away for a fake marriage and a honeymoon to Weston-super-Mare, to fleece her life savings, but events unfold in an unexpected way, and the drama ends up telling a rather different story.
This production, directed by Phoebe Barran, who also directed the 2017 version at the theatre she describes as ‘a pocket gem’, is highly recommended.
But you’ll have to hurry. The show only runs until 29 February.
Tryst, written by Karoline Leach, is at the refurbished Chiswick Playhouse, above the 140-year-old Tabard pub at 2 Bath Road, W4 1LW. Tickets £22.50 (concs £17.50). Shows at 7.30pm. For more details, visit: www.chiswickplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on/tryst-2/
