Neil and Dawn have been offered the trip of a lifetime, a space flight to Mars. All they have to do is complete basic training and sign some disclaimers. But can it really be that simple? Read more …
Sadly, this is thin, rather dull stuff.
Rosie Mason and Darren Seed turn in a pair of increasingly magnificent and poignant performances.
At a time when millions of people are taking enormous risks to travel colossal distances to make a new life by heading for what for them is equally unknown territory, this play stands as a less that satisfying metaphor for the lengths people are prepared to go to do just that.
For all that Peck gives you glimpses of a potential deeper understanding through the darkness of his tale, murky half-formed outlines which might, or might not, have relevance – this never quite delivers.
In its short timespan, it might not plunge the same emotional depths as the classics of the genre, and it plays a little fast and loose with some of the practicalities of interplanetary tourism, but there’s no doubting it makes an impression.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday September 28, 2015, until Saturday October 3, 2015. More info: http://playpiepint.com
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday October 6, 2015, until Saturday October 10, 2015. More info: www.traverse.co.uk
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