'Private Fears in Public Places'

by Alan Ayckbourn

Ayckbourn says the theme of his emotionally-knotted play is the knock-on effect that our individual actions have upon another person, sometimes a complete stranger.
"We may not even be aware of this," he says. "Nonetheless, we are all of us linked; we are all related. And whether we like it or not, none of us can truly stand alone or indeed remain aloof or immune."
He sets the play in London, the metropolis where loneliness can feel heightened, as the dodgem cars on life's highway go about their speeding business all around you. He presents five initially lifeless settings; Some are private, others are public, and fears will be exposed in all of them.
This is a slow-burning psycho-drama, with no interval to interrupt the flow,the comedy is discomfiting and the characters empathetic.

(Yorkshire Evening Press, 18 August 2004)

Electric Theatre 24 - 27 November 2010.

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