The next in the weekly series of world premiere monologues from the pen of Philip Ridley is called 'Snow', and is performed by Joseph Drake, another actor who was due to perform in the ill-fated production of The Beast From Blue Yonder at Southwark Playhouse just as covid 19 lockdown started.
Again directed by Wiebke Green, this very short piece shows an adult, perhaps businessman, sit and reminisce about a childhood experience. At first it was a scary and unsettling memory, he was being carried by his father outside, and he watched as white stuff fell from the sky. Then he saw his dad was smiling and he started smiling and laughing too. He took hold of some of this white stuff and it melted. And the memory and the smile were gone.
A nice little metaphoric piece, but too short really to have any substance. Again professionally created and sincerely acted.
Reviewer - Matthew Dougall
on - 29/6/20
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