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Many Moons

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
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Time Out says

3 out of 5 stars

Juniper believes in unicorns, Jesus and the inherent goodness of humanity. She is looking for love. Ollie is lonely, nerdy, scared of people and fascinated by astronomy. Pregnant Meg is married, but has felt disappointed with her husband ever since their wedding; her social life is mostly online. And elderly Robert is carer to a wife with Parkinson’s who barely recognises him any more.

In Alice Birch’s assured debut, astutely directed by Derek Bond, this alienated quartet converges on a hot summer’s day in Stoke Newington. They are connected by complex patterns, like a constellation.

But appearances in the real world prove as dangerously deceptive as in the internet chatrooms where Meg adopts alternative identities.

Birch constructs her drama from interwoven, overlapping monologues, and her vivid dialogue – if self-conscious – suggests a gimlet eye for idiosyncrasy. Her themes of emotional dislocation and distorted intimacy are well worn, but she handles them with intelligence. And if this play, for all its verbal flourishes, feels a little undernourished, it augurs a talent well worth watching.

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