A book club: where everyone has great
intentions to read the book but, for some reason, never seem to have the time.
Either that, or the meeting itself turns out to be an opportunity to talk about
everything - but the novel. In The Book Club, middle-class suburban
housewife, Deb Martin seems to have found the perfect literary social club, but a few
indiscretions and a blurring of fact and fiction begin to create some
interesting moments for Deb.
Amanda Muggleton is completely at ease with the demands of this production
which, in her case, is portraying every single character – male and female – and
relying on nothing but her facial expressions, body language and voice for
differentiation. Her comedy timing and physicality is spot on and while she
plays these characters as “big”, Muggleton still manages to retain an honesty
and authenticity to them all.
