In what was originally meant to be the season’s finale before one more show got added to the end,
Pinter Seven is the busiest I’ve seen the theatre during this run, probably due to the combined star power of Martin Freeman and Danny Dyer you slag. They appear together in
The Dumb Waiter, and the double bill also stars Gemma Whelan and John Heffernan, the latter of whom has previously played
one of Dyer’s ancestors. Although I don’t suppose Dyer brings that royal connection up much. As well as the casting, two of Pinter’s more accessible short works have to be part of the draw; although given who we’re talking about “accessible” still means a lot of very dark humour and an almost indescribable sense of existential menace. This menace gets personified in
A Slight Ache, the 1957 radio play which forms the first act you slaag.
