New Wimbledon Theatre Studio – until 28 September 2024
Reviewed by Carly Burlinge
4****
New Wimbledon Theatre Studio brings you this new play by Aimee Dickinson and Aliya Gilmore from Ultraviolet Productions. It tells the story of Lilith, the first women to be created by God from Dust, who was placed into the garden of Eden to live alongside Adam as his first wife. Although problems begin to show when Adam tries to dominate his wife, only pushing her to want to know more and ask more questions of Adam and God. Lilith doesn’t listen to Adam, and she finds herself abandoned and alone in the wilderness outside of Eden after being locked out by God.
The production is done extremely well with Lucifer (Oscar Nicholson) taking Lilith (Isabel McGrady) through the story of how Adam’s life continued without her and the creation of Eve. This was created by jumping in and out of time frames and characters with Lilith also playing Eve and Lucifer also playing Adam.
We see Lilith playing a very enthusiastic character wanting to understand to know why. She doesn’t want to stand still; she wants all the answers now! Whereas Adam seems quite happy to sit back and take things as they come, being content with his life.
Lucifer on the other hand is waiting in the wings to cause some chaos! Although quite a heavy content the show was done extremely well with lighter moments to provide some relief with laughter.
The stage I thought was simple yet very effective, with a tree in the middle that was half black and half white, showing good and evil and light and dark that exists in us all.
The lighting and sound also gave the production much depth and altogether I really enjoyed this alternative point of view on the creation story. It may not be for everyone, but I thought the whole show in itself was done extremely well with a lot of thought, a really good watch.