23.5 Hours evaluation: A vivid tackle a delicate subject | Theatre | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Carey Crim’s play explores the impact on a mom and her son following her husband’s imprisonment.

Tom (David Sturzaker) is a well-liked if unconventional drama instructor in a small New Jersey city and when he’s accused of inappropriate sexual contact his spouse Leigh (Lisa Dwan) and son Nicholas (Jem Matthews) undergo the results.

Although he protests his innocence, Tom’s angle stays wilfully insensitive and unrepentant on his launch, exacerbating the 30-minute chink of doubt that Leigh experiences on daily basis.

The ambivalence extends to their finest pals, supportive Bruce (Jonathan Hyati) and unconvinced spouse Jayne (Allyson Ava-Brown).

Played on a generic residence set adorned with posters that’s one step up from a scholar flat, Katherine Farmer’s manufacturing lapses sometimes into melodrama.

But due to a set of vivid performances – notably from Dwan and Matthews – it will definitely focuses on the uncertainty ensuing from broken belief and the incipient horror of by no means actually figuring out the individual with whom you’re most intimate.

At the Park Theatre till October 5

Tickets: 020 7870 6876