Leslie Black PhotographyThe Kiss is a mysterious encounter between a man and a woman on a park bench.... Read more …
Are they perfect strangers or have they known each other deeply, intimately for many years? Have they been lovers, siblings, father and daughter or husband and wife? When did they kiss so long ago and why can't they quite remember? Humorous, surreal, disquieting. The Kiss redefines the world of the park bench.
There’s a real emotional intensity here that never fails to hold your attention. Watt’s phrasing is also excellent, even if the production slightly outstays its welcome.
Sometimes, memories return to this couple so vividly that both are almost persuaded of a shared past life; often, they barely recognise one another at all. All of this is beautifully and subtly recreated in Watts’s text, which sometimes seems a shade aimless, but never without interest; and if, in the end, the play seems like little more than a variation on an increasingly familiar dramatic theme, it’s bold and powerful to draw two memorable performances from Anne Kidd and Andrew Harrison.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday November 14, 2011, until Saturday November 19, 2011. More info: http://playpiepint.com
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