The Kings of the Kilburn High Road at Theatre Banshee

The Kings of the Kilburn High Road

Theatre Banshee
3435 W. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank

Critically acclaimed and award winning Theatre Banshee presents The Kings of the Kilburn High Road by Jimmy Murphy. A group of Irish men living in London gather in a worn-out pub to throw a wake for a friend who's died. A rowdy afternoon of laughing, drinking, singing, fighting and more drinking ensues as lifelong friends grapple with having squandered their lives as strangers in a strange land.

Thru - Feb 28, 2010

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Price: $10-$18

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 818-846-5323

www.theatrebanshee.org

The Kings of the Kilburn High Road Reviews

Average Rating based on 4 reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Recommended

"...Branney's staging, despite the occasional over-poised placement, generally lands with authenticity and punch. He certainly honors Murphy's hilariously foul-mouthed cadences, interval-framing songs and hairpin shifts of mood, as do his uniformly excellent actors, with Conroy and the never-better Foyer subtly contrasting tonal poles. The boozy trek to pathos may not feel quite new-minted, but these life-battered "Kings" ensure that it's consistently engrossing."

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- David C. Nichols

Variety - Somewhat Recommended

"...Straightforward as "Kings" is constructed, Sean Branney's production connects with the oddly placed bathos throughout the play. Laughs are sparked at odd times and by actions that are not universally comic; one has to wonder how much of the humor is intentional."

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- Phil Gallo

LA Weekly - Highly Recommended

"... Under Sean Branney's sure-handed direction, Dan Conroy gives a blistering performance as Jap, the hard-drinking men's bellicose, hair-triggered leader, who, with his sidekick and flatmate, Git (the fine Matt Foyer), has the least to show for the lost years while being the most intransigent in his denial. Maurteen (a simmering Dan Harper) and Shay (John Jabaley) occupy a middle-ground of resigned acceptance of their meager circumstances, while Joe (Steve Marvel), as the group's single, successful exception, serves as the truth-seeking provocateur needling the friends to a lacerating self-knowledge."

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- Bill Raden

Backstage - Highly Recommended

"...Murphy's play, devoid of any possible sense of hope, might be tough to experience if one's life is caught these difficult days in its own miasma of personal regrets or a sense of impending obsolescence-unless, of course, the soaring nature of watching exceptional artists fearlessly plying their craft has the ability to make your world be well once more."

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- Travis Michael Holder

The Kings of the Kilburn High Road at Theatre Banshee