Richmond Theatre – until 26th March 2022
Reviewed by Carly Burlinge
4****
When Dan Gallagher (Oliver Farnworth) a successful New York Attorney enjoys an evening out with a friend, due to his wife Beth (Louise Redknapp) and their daughter being away for the weekend. He meets the chatty confident beautiful and easy to talk to Alex (Susie Amy). As the night presses on they realise they have things is common. their companies are well known to one another. When the conversation begins flowing with a desire from both sides being shown they make the decision to spend a passionate night together.
Although Dan is about to discover that being unfaithful to his wife wasn’t the best decision, he could have made. With Alex starting to show signs of being slightly unhinged and not leaving him alone will Dan be able to escape what hes started or will things simply become too much to handle!
Susie Amy played her part exceptionally well. She was very believable to watch as she built on her character throughout the production. Taking the audience through a whole range of emotions as well as acting out some excessive and extreme meltdowns that she achieved with excellence.
Oliver Farnworth played a very complexed character that started out quite cocky and arrogant at times. Then followed by torment which he played remarkably along with the self-pity and regret. He was amazing to watch as he went through the different stages of his character.
Louise Redknapp played a very understated person but she couldn’t have done it any better by being the complete opposite contrast to the other women. She done this with ease and was wonderful to watch.
The stage was very intelligently done, with all the different scenes brought to you using the many screens on stage. One moment an apartment in New York then changed to being in the country to a swanky bar, office. With the ability for props to come out from certain sections like a bed or a bar making it even more affective to watch.
Some scenes were very intense with the screens adding to the situations showing visually to enhance your experience along with the tremendous sounds and lighting helping your imagination through the dramatic parts giving it a whole new depth!
All in all, a dark thriller of affairs, mystery and revenge served up at its very best!