Tag Archives: David Lindsay-Abaire

In the Night Time (Before the Sun Rises)

Gate Notting Hill, London (****)

© Bill Knight with Alex Waldmann as Man, Adelle Leonce as Woman

© Bill Knight with Alex Waldmann as Man, Adelle Leonce as Woman

 

Like David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole at Hamsptead Theatre, Nina Segal’s In the Night Time initially offers us a domestic scenario: a couple and a child. Continue reading

Rabbit Hole

Hampstead Theatre, London (***)

© Manuel Harlan, Claire Skinner (Becca), Georgina Rich (Izz)

© Manuel Harlan, Claire Skinner (Becca), Georgina Rich (Izz)

Grief takes many forms and David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer prize-winner takes a delicate scalpel to the subject, tenderly peeling back each painful layer until the wound is revealed and the healing can begin. Continue reading