Love and death, two sides of a coin, you cannot have one without the other. This sprawling new work explores ideas of love — and in particular, challenges the definition of love relative to duty. While there are some nuggets of exciting ideas and moments, the script needs tightening to really achieve where it could get to.
That said, director Hope Wishart creates some beautiful moments, creatively using the actors bodies and minimal props to invent some magnificent and funny moments to keep the script moving. It is probably the first time I’ve seen a show in Drayton Arms that I felt really understood living in the space, rather than just setting up inside it.
Similarly, lighting designer Barnaby Booth transforms the limited lighting of the space using single bulbs and handheld lights, spinning a magical view of this unusual world we watch.