Guys and Dolls review, Bridge Theatre:
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In Nicholas Hytner’s production of Guys and Dolls, nothing stays still for long: not the cast, not the audience, not even the stage. After acclaimed immersive productions of Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Bridge Theatre boss turns the auditorium into Depression-era New York, a place that exists in a constant state of flux. Nathan needs an impossible-to-lose wager and reckons he’s found one when he bets playboy Sky Masterson that he can’t “take a doll to Havana”, the doll in question being local preacher Sarah Brown. Sky and Sarah can’t match their chemistry, but Richardson is effortless and smooth in his debut professional stage performance, while Schoenmaker delivers crystal clear soprano tones with surprising bite.