Lonesome Tonight – Workshop Theatre, Leeds
When Len (Josh Phillips) turns up at the door of his mate Chris (Barnaby St. Giles) dressed in full ‘Elvis in Las Vegas circa 1974’ mode and demanding £35 (£40 if you want the voice), we know this isn’t going to be a quiet night in. Chris is in the throes of a split from his girlfriend Anya (Edith Gray) and doesn’t really need Len’s brand of hearty, macho ‘told you so’ friendship, preferring to wallow in a fantasy world justifying the reasons why he and Anya split to himself in increasingly lurid fashion.
Writer and Director Dillon Dawson has devised a three handler that seeks to explore the culture of both male friendship and answer the perennial question ‘What is a Real Man?’
Ostensibly Len is a boorish lout, forcing Chris to drink whisky and play daft drinking games, only as t...