Mydidae

Synopsis

One bathroom, two people. A story of intimacy, fragility and the darker side of love. About a relationship witnessed in minute, devastating detail. David and Marian's different perspectives of the event and their conflicting views test their relationship and force brutal realities into the forefront of their consciousness.

Our Review:

11 December 2012

At its most powerful, theatre has a directness and honesty that can feel like a punch in the gut, delivering a blow that will send you out into the cold winter night reeling and shaking. In complete defiance of jolly seasonal programming, the new play by Jack Thorne is one such occasion.

The action takes place entirely within the confines of a bathroom complete with all the mod cons, including fully functioning bath and toilet. However, as any fan of Alfred Hitchcock knows, it is within these confines that we are often at our most vulnerable and indeed as Marian and David shed their clothes, we very quickly become witnesses to an exposure of an altogether more complex and troubling kind.

From When You Cure Me at the Bush to the hugely successful This is England series, Jack Thorne has revealed himself to be a master at dissecting the human heart with unflinching honesty. He puts human beings under the microscope with a compassion that never ever sits i...

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Latest User Review

Ian Carr - 7 December 2012:

Just overwhelming.. Superbly acted and beautifully realised by director, Vicky Jones. Very brave and important new play, by the brilliant Jack Thorne. ...

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