The Divine Mrs S, Hampstead Theatre review - Rachael Stirling shines in hit-and-miss comedy
Awkward mix of knockabout laughs, heartfelt tribute and feminist messaging never quite settles There are genres of theatre that demand buy-in from the audience " musicals, opera and the daddy of them all, pantomime. The usual entry price to the house, the suspension of disbelief, requires supplementing with an active desire to meet the production halfway. So it is with comedy. Crudely put, we could all sit there…