The Lemon Table review " Julian Barnes' stories of mortality and musicality
Salisbury PlayhouseIan McDiarmid is outstanding in two pieces, one as an angry audience member and one a composer's coda Halfway through Vigilance, the first act of Ian McDiarmid's solo show, my hat fell from my lap to the floor. Did I stoop to retrieve it? No chance. Onstage, McDiarmid was delivering " as if he meant it " a barbed monologue about uncouth audience behaviour in theatres. It felt like the wrong moment …