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“Iphigenia in Orem”: a businessman from Utah divulges a chilling crime to a stranger in a Las Vegas hotel room.

by Chris Bridges | 30th March 2014

★★★★

“A Gaggle of Saints”: a young Mormon couple each describe their version of events of a night out in New York City

“Medea Redux”: a woman recounts her intricate relationship with her junior high-school English teacher

Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbours, The Shape of Things) is a playwright who pulls no punches and this trio of short plays is no exception. Ranging from infanticide through to homophobic hate crime: the characters portray the evils that exist beneath the surface in the humdrum an mundane whirl of everyday life.

This is certainly an intense theatrical experience with deft touches of humour as well as chills down the spine and a cast of 4 young actors who are without a weak link. Philip Scott-Wallace is particularly strong as an oily Utah salesman who harbours a horrific secret that is eating away at him. Dani Harrison’s vacuous student sits well alongside the frenetic terror that Tom Vallen depicts with oh so subtle menace and Rebecca Hickey lulls into a flase sense of security as the least monstrous of the four.

The stark set of a series of wooden church chairs at various stages of sinking into the floor underlies perfectly the disconcerting nature of these pieces. Well worth a look.

Bash Latterday Plays runs until the 12th of April

Book tickets here: http://www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk/bash.htm

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