Richmond Theatre – until 16th April 2022
Reviewed by Carly Burlinge
5*****
Daniel Corban (Patrick Duffy) who is recently married and on his honeymoon in a beautiful cabin in Catskills Mountains. Finds himself in an awful situation following a fight 3 days earlier with his wife who is now being reported as missing! Daniel appears to be devastated and in despair regarding the situation he now finds himself in. He enlists the help of Inspector Levine (Gray O’Brien) a very talkative inspector who achieves sarcasm and whit very well. Things suddenly take a turn when Father Kelleher (Ben Nealon) a priest shows up insisting that he has found his wife Elizabeth Corban (Linda Purl) alive and well. With Daniel telling them all that she is an imposter, but with everybody else agreeing that she is his wife as she seems to have all the answers giving a believable case. Daniel soon becomes frustrated and with each piece of evidence he brings forward his wife has the ability to prove him wrong! With everybody thinking that perhaps Daniel is slowly losing it and with him also questioning his own insanity the plot becomes thicker leading to more than a satisfying twist keeping the audience on the edge of their seats wondering what’s going to happen next!
Patrick Duffy plays a very believable character that comes across very gentle and easy going with small parts of seeing him frustrated. Linda Purl plays a skittish character, she has many different aspects in her role to achieve in which she does with ease throughout this production.
The set is well worth a mention. It was done exceptionally well with a great deal of detail throughout, of an amazing cabin set as a living room, with a beautiful stone fireplace from floor to ceiling along with its very own Moose head attached. All wood effect surrounding the whole area with modern sofas and a window set in the background showing outdoor greenery with doors one leading into the kitchen. Which was visible when opening from the main set and also bedroom doors. From the roof there was a backdrop of the sky with clouds making the whole scene very effective and done to an amazing high standard.
All in all, what a fantastic show to be seen has a bit of everything from humour through to thriller with an ovation from the audience. Definitely one not to be missed was just amazing and enjoyable to watch throughout.