Sheridan Smith shines in Ayckbourn’s nightmarish comedy
8 / 10
As Susan, her emotions are always bubbling beneath the surface: in the ‘real’ scenes, she is buttoned up, foot tapping, eyes drifting around the room; in her imagined sequences she grins dreamily, bathed in Lee Curran’s warm lighting, and memorably gives herself over to the fantasy during an ecstatic rainstorm. Smith often appears to be on the edge of both tears and laughter, but her vulnerability is truly laid bare as the show’s hallucinatory quality turns sickly during a bonkers, nightmarish denouement.
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