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The Homecoming, Crescent Theatre, Birmingham

Mar 28 2008 By John Slim

DOMESTIC disruption and sexual tension ride high in Graeme Allan's excellent studio production.

There is plenty of humour, too, as Harold Pinter's story reveals what happens when an academic arrives home from America to introduce his wife to his two brothers and his elderly father.

Superb as the company is, it is the father, Max, who commands the attention.

Here is a rough and ready Londoner, walking stick at one end and a ratting hat at the other, even when he turns up in his pyjamas.

The action continues until tomorrow.

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