Somewhere in Ireland ‘Woman’ lies dying, and the cause appears to be her own bitterness and spite. She is accompanied by the taunting figure of Scarecrow, who we come to suspect is her conscience, reminding her of all the dreams and passions that she has failed to explore in a life tied to the raising of eight children, having been abandoned by a serially unfaithful and largely absent husband. . . this is a thought-provoking and imaginative play about the regret that comes with a life only half-lived.”

“Directors’ Cuts is an annual season of contemporary theatre presented by the four graduating directors from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Returning to the Brewery Theatre for the second time, and with all four plays directed by women, the season opens with Little One . . . This two-hander is a powerful and unsettling psychological thriller about two adopted children raised by desperately well-meaning parents in a quiet and very respectable suburb in Ottawa . . . This is a gripping production that gets this year’s Directors’ Cuts season off to a flying start. “