The lives of three women unravel before our eyes in Mika Myllyaho’s grim comedy as they grapple with globalisation, the modern world and their own private passions. This is a female ‘Fight Club’ meets Alexander McCall Smith, by way of women’s magazines. As the women deal with their middle-class issues, egotistical passions that lurk underneath – with the help of a little alcohol – come bursting forth. Sophia is frustrated at work, Emmy’s daughter is being taken from her after an act of drunken violence, and Julia is dating a married movie-lover with a split personality. Three women play all the roles, male and female, with the scenes where Julia tries to deal with her lover’s two manifestations being particularly hilarious.
Pleasance Courtyard, 3 – 29 Aug (not 15), 1.50pm (3.00pm), £9.00 – £11.00, fpp248.
tw rating 4/5
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Sections: by Rosalind Scott - ED2011 Theatre Reviews - tw rating 4/5 | Tags: ACE Productions, The Pleasance
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