Britt on Britt

BRITT on BRITT

World Premiere

Reviewed by Jacqueline Sharp

Assembly Supper Room

31^st July – 25^th August, (excluding 20^th August)

at 18.30pm

Aug 3,8-10, 15-17, 22-24 £11.50, (£10.50)

Aug 4-7, 11-14,19-19,21,25 £10.50, (£9.50)

Just imagine you are in a large living room with Britt Ekland, she is the hostess, you are the guest, you are sitting back enjoying the journey.  Her journey Britt on Britt, is “living room drama”.

Britt Ekland, the Swedish born Hollywood icon seems in control. After all it is her show and her chance to shine. Maturity seems to have made her confident, in control of her life. It is a joy to sit back and listen to her talk about her life and the highs and lows of her fame. Unexpectedly, I found her to be a dab hand at cracking jokes. She often had the audience in fits of laughter.

Britt adds a personal touch to her show, showing photographs, videos and music from her own personal archives catching a glimpse of her in films, theatre, family and personal life.  It was fantastic to see a side if Britt which hasn’t emerged until now.

Britt tells tales of her love life with record producer Lou Adler, Peter Sellers, Rod Stewart, and Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats.  Her life seems to be a spiral of ups and downs, as she describes the pitfalls to fame and troubled romances.

Joy fills her face when she talks about giving birth to her three children.  A child for each century!  Britt talks about giving birth three times, in her 20’s, 30’s and 40’s.  I particularly loved it when Britt handed out personal photos of her children for the audience to glance at.  They responded well to this friendly, warm approach which was not 'celebrity-like' at all.

Britt is still one of the most beautiful women of all times. She talks about her James Bond days, as Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun - perhaps her best remembered  role.

As Britt says, she had it all: movies and famous boyfriends.  Today, a relaxed Britt takes centre stage in her own right, perhaps for the first time in her life to put herself first. This fantastic production, not to be missed.