Soho Theatre, November 2016
Written by Adrian Edmonson and Steve Marmion
Directed by Steve Marmion
Lighting by Amy Mae
It’s the design by Lily Arnold that ties the monologue together. Hanging over a spotless, clinically white stage is an array of children’s toys on hooks. Every prop he uses – a laptop, a chair in a coffee shop - is a plastic, Fisher Price toy version. This toy box looms above him, Damoclean, and consuming all his thoughts, making the case that it's all – always – about his boy. The Stage ***
To say that the set design is eye catching would be an understatement, as spectators are greeted by a vista of floating children’s toys. There is a Beano annual, a child’s playhouse and a glow-in-the-dark skeleton among many other brightly coloured trinkets, and credit must go to Lily Arnold for producing this wonderful spectacle. The Upcoming*****
Those objects which aren’t utilised by the actor hang over him emitting metaphoric potential. It’s a marvellously creative yet simple design. Everything Theatre ***
