★★★☆☆ Perhaps I’m a blackened sinner or just plain naïve, but a play billed as a risqué Roman sex comedy, came across to me as full of charming, childish fun . . . You leave the theatre smiling, and that’s an outcome worth more than rubies in these politically challenged day
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★★★☆☆ This touring version has some real strengths. Bathed in sepulchral purple and green light, the magnificently gloomy, Gothic set is far more substantial than that seen in most touring shows. Equally solid is Andrew Hilton’s eight-piece orchestra, producing a very satisfying full-blooded sound.
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Founded in 2010 by Nina Bambrey, a graduate of Circus Maniacs in Bristol, Whispering Woods...
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★★★★☆ A young man walks to the stage, turns and greets us warmly. He tells us that he has just met someone he hasn’t seen for many years, and he cannot quite recall her name. This leads him to ponder his current situation, and we discover that he is struggling to come to terms with the break-up of a relationship.
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★★★★☆ There is something particularly engaging about a personal revelation: insights into actual minds affect us in a way that differs from fictional narratives, perhaps not more powerfully, but with an added poignancy . . . Mental is an honest and humane piece of theatre that draws back the curtain on an area of public misunderstanding . . .
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★★★★☆ In many ways, the most beautiful thing about this play is its apparent mundanity – the set could be your mum’s living room, the dialogue could be the chat you have with a colleague on your lunch break. But it’s just so real. Eddie and Carol’s conversation ranges from discussing favourite animals to suicide attempts.
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