It's not a play that has a huge
explosion in the middle or something
that defines it. It's much more delicate
than that. And what I love about it is,
moment to moment, I don't know what's
going to happen.
It's a romance about people who are in
the second half of their life. You don't
see that very often and you certainly
don't see it done with such complexity.
The challenge for the reader when I was
reading it me playing the character
ultimately, but also the audience is to
try and work out where she's at and
whether her motives are sincere and
romantic, or whether in fact there's
something more calculated and
potentially sinister a foot.
I love Simon Stephens, you know he's like
one of the biggest writers in the world
right now for good reason, but I love
that this is not necessarily what you
might expect from him.
This play has two characters bringing out something
different in each other and actually
forcing them to grow and take a risk and
it may end up being the most unlikely
fabulous romance of all time, or the most
brutal of cautionary tales. But at least
they're trying.
