When we booked it, we really liked the sound of this modern Dutch two-hander about loss and relationships.
Poison has been very well received and reviewed, both in its original award-winning Dutch form and in this translation at The Orange Tree.
Excellent cast – it seemed like only a few weeks ago that we’d seen Zumin Varma in the round in West London – directed by the ever-reliable Paul Miller.
Yet for some reason this piece simply did not press our buttons. Perhaps Janie and I had seen this subject matter covered with more power elsewhere. Perhaps the characters came across as rather stiff and cold to us, rather than the bottled-up emotion that (I suspect) was supposed to be portrayed.
It is a short piece and is (as more or less always at the Orange Tree) thoughtfully designed and produced in the round. So don’t necessarily take our word for it.
Here is a link to the Orange Tree resource on this play/production.
Here is a search term that will find you reviews and stuff.
Did we go to Don Fernando to chow down afterwards? You can bet your sweet fabada we did.