Eigengrau

Synopsis

ay-gen-gr-ow - noun intrinsic light; the colour seen by the eye in perfect darkness Rose believes in true love and leprechauns. Her flatmate Cassie is engaged in a fervent struggle against patriarchal oppression. Across London, Mark believes in the power of marketing. His flatmate Tim Muffin is engaged in a fervent struggle against his own waistline. When circumstance throws them together, all four have their beliefs tested to devastating effect in a biting black comedy about trying to connect in a city where Gumtree can sometimes feel like your closest friend.

Our Review:

Jo Caird - 16 March 2010

Eigengrau, the new play by Penelope Skinner, writer of the critically acclaimed one-woman drama Fucked, revolves around the romantic attachments of two sets of flatmates: Rose (Sinead Matthews), an unemployed flake and Cassie (Alison O'Donnell), a feminist activist; and Mark (Geoffrey Streatfeild), a shallow marketing guy, and Tim (John Cummins), an overweight saddo working in a fast-food joint. The latter have been friends since university, while Rose and Cassie have only just met.

At the start of the play, Mark surprises Cassie by appearing in her kitchen bare-chested one morning. We gather that he and Rose have been seeing each other for a little while. The status of their relationship is unclear, however, and only adds to the awkwardness at Mark and Cassie’s first meeting as he vigorously denies the label of ‘boyfriend’ and it transpires that Rose has lied to him about her age.

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