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CLOUD NINE | Clive/Cathy/Soldier | White Bear Theatre/Janet Gill |
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Richard Stemp, whose sterling
caricature of Clive enlivens the first half, steals the limelight as the
outsized little daughter of Lin, Victoria's lesbian lover. Tony Godden and Richard Stemp
shine particularly brightly… the latter turns in three utterly contrasting
performances as a stiff-upper-lip English colonial, the foul-mouthed ghost
of a boy soldier killed in Northern Ireland and, most memorably, a fussy
little girl. Given the physical size of this strapping young actor, who
towers over his stage mother, the last is a particularly impressive achievement.
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