Everyman theatre, Cheltenham This adaptation of the postwar caper has its moments but lacks the adroit humour and tautness of the film Ealing Studios' 1951 comedy of bowler-hatted banking and congenial criminality has been newly minted for the stage. But Jeremy Sams' jovial touring production is often curiously leaden. While the film was a model of taut storytelling, with a slyly humorous portrait of postwar Britain …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AM on October 19, 2022