Emily Fitzpatrick

Ben Saunders’s direction keeps the action flowing like champagne.

One of Sondheim’s greatest, and most beautifully constructed works.

‘The Rules have dictated Charlie and Murphy’s lives since they were born. There's a rule for everything; how you should dress, how you should go to the toilet, and what the three permissible types of sandwiches are (egg and cress, ham and cheese, and mackerel if you must know). But when the siblings' ever-present Mother and Gatekeeper of the rules passes away, the pair have to decide which parts of their reality they choose to accept, and which are made to be broken.’