This was a very interesting play at the Royal Court Upstairs. As usual these days, there is an information-packed stub on the Royal Court website – here, saving me much of the trouble to write about the basics.
I had been avoiding the subject of dementia for a while, but I guess we booked this some six months after mum died so I was starting to feel able to handle the subject again.
In many ways, this play was about a different type of dementia, as the protagonist has a rare genetic form of the disease that takes over the person’s life much younger and therefore far more invasively.
This difficult subject and the dilemmas that spring from it were handled with skill, dignity and humour in this play. Well acted and produced too.
Lots of rave reviews are linked through the reviews tab in the Royal Court stub – click here specifically for that tab.
Michael Billington was not so sure in Guardian – here...even less sure was Matt Trueman in WhatsOnStage – here.
Janie found the non-linear nature of the piece (moving backwards and forwards in time on several occasions in short scenes) more than a bit confusing. I think we were supposed to feel somewhat disoriented, to enable us to empathise with the protagonist.
Still, we were both glad to have seen this one.