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https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/198793/banana-crabtree-simon-by-david-hendon-drayton-arms-theatre-review/ CJ de Mooi as Alan in Banana Crabtree Simon There is a wonderful newspaper cartoon I saw once where a man was talking to his wife and said: “ How is it I can remember the tune from a twenty-five-year-old advert but can’t remember what I’ve just walked over to ask you? ”. This sort of thing happens all the time as you get older. For example, I can sometimes sit for what feels like hours looking at the screen trying to remember what word I wanted to type next. We put these little memory anomalies down to various things. But what if they are the harbinger of something far worse than just ordinary forgetfulness? That is the prospect facing the protagonist in David Hendon’s play  Banana Crabtree Simon  which is receiving its world premiere at the Drayton Arms Theatre. Banana Crabtree Simon  (a fruit, the road he lives on and his son’s name) are the three words th...

https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/198412/review-old-fools-tristan-bernays-southwark-playhouse/ OLD FOOLS – Frances Grey (Viv) Mark Arends (Tom) Photo Nat James Photography Remember in school being taught that “ For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction ”? Although this is Newton’s third law of physics, I believe that, in reality, it is applied in many walks of life. For example, it often feels that as soon as something positive happens in my life, then along comes a big fat negative to even it out. The effects of this law certainly apply to the couple in Tristan Bernay’s play  Old Fools  at Southwark Playhouse. Old Fools  is the story of Tom (Mark Arends) and Viv (Frances Grey) and their lives together from their first meeting until final parting. Theirs is a pretty ordinary tale really. They meet, fall in love, get married, have a child and after a lifetime of unforgettable experiences, look set to spend their twilight days together watching the s...