Golden Age Theatre Company: The Beast | Review
December 22, 2020 Last updated:
December 22, 2020
Now, this is an interesting take on what it is to climb the career ladder whilst making compromises along the way to achieve one’s ambitions. Caroline (Melanie Thompson) paints a picture of corporate life in an architecture practice as being pressurised, working for a business tycoon, referred to only as Grossman. The pay and working conditions are below the industry average, and while some people might look at the male to female ratio and conclude there are twice as many women as men working for the company, Caroline has her theories as to why this is the case – it feeds on Grossman’s love of the female form, so to speak, and also allows him to keep personnel costs lower, the assumption being that the women will have (male) partners in better-paid jobs who are supporting them.