In the Pipeline

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
28 Sept – 3 Oct                                                                                                                     
Three ordinary Welsh people, whose lives are changed forever by the decison to lay a new pipeline across their community. The three actors Rhodri Lewis, Grahame Foxe and Meg Wyn Owen never really meet on-stage but their characters share the deeply felt though differing consequences, as they are profoundly affected by the so-called improvements.

The well-crafted, poetic monologues by Gary Owen are sincerely delivered by the cast. However, the production did seem to be somewhat under-rehearsed with one actor stumbling over lines and another, reading them.

The Oran Mor lunchtime A Play, A Pie, A Pint series of new writing has produced some terrific plays and produtions over the past couple of years.The new collaboration with Paines Plough promises much but In The Pipeline seems a little insubstantial.