James Grieve's production features two high-powered comic performances from Katie Tumelty and Abigail McGibbon, as two women driven to the verge of crime by a society that has no idea how to value them.
James Grieve’s direction whisks it all quickly along, punting the laughs up front and giving Tumelty and McGibbon the necessary comedic broad-brush shorthands to whisk plot and development along in the brief time available.
Grieve’s production is a faultless and timeless start to the third year of A Play, A Pie and A Pint, but it’s Tumelty and McGibbon in their respective turns as the hapahazard care workers that make this play so memorable.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday August 30, 2010, until Saturday September 4, 2010. More info: http://playpiepint.com
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday September 21, 2010, until Saturday September 25, 2010. More info: www.traverse.co.uk
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