Behind The Door's production of this two-hander play is something quite extra ordinary! - yes, a two word phrase meaning "more ordinary" rather than the usual compound, extraordinary meaning "something much more than ordinary".
Without a cast list / programme, I cannot credit either performer, in this really rather obscure play that concerned itself far more on emotions and possibilities rather than any linear storyline. The premise being that... what would happen if rather then actually tackling the situation head on!
These two are a couple and she is pregnant; however there is a fair-to-middling chance that she will give birth to a child with Down's Syndrome. Arguments and prognoses follow, some more plausible than others, whilst we, the audience, are sked and challenged to consider ourselves how we would react and bring up something that is extra ordinary. If I have understood the plot correctly then it is not certain this will be the case, but with the addition of a certain chromosome 21 (?) then it is odds on favourite.
Linear progression of narrative is sparse to non-existent, but the characterisations are secure, even if they do seem quite passive rather than reactive at times. Some ideas are clearly fantasy, whilst others are more practical, and usually come from the mouth of the mother-to-be.
All-in-all, this 55 minute production is more like a Q+A without the A, the A being supplied subliminally by the audience. Interesting, thought-provoking, and certainly different. What would you do if your child was born with Down's Syndrome...?
Reviewer - Chris Benchley
On - 14.7.25
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