The COMEUPPANCE at Almeida theatre: 5 things you should know BEFORE you see this play

[@jshaers96]

I saw this tonight. It's a bit of a mess, really. You're led to believe it's going to develop into something interesting, with Death as a kind of Greek chorus, but the writer clearly didn't know what to do with any of it, and references to Covid and January 6 felt thrown in to give it a bit of spurious contemporary relevance. It really needed an interval too, two hours straight was too much.

[@KristinaEmilyOfficial]

I would agree with you - this wasn’t my favourite play…it kind of didn’t leave me with a strong impression. But also, I didn’t hate it either. It had some interesting parts. I guess Death was a looming presence as that was something everyone felt during the pandemic so maybe that’s the reason why all characters developed some sort of relationship with it as a consequence. But yes, I wish this had something more to give.