Because of the intimate style, performances are warm and open-handed, infused with a wry sense of humour. Victor gives Agnes a likeable quirkiness, which skilfully never tips into silliness. Her conversations with Ackie's straight-talking Lydie are beautifully played to capture the way jokes weave their ways into even the gravest of discussions. Hedges is also superb in a smaller role that brightens up the story every time he appears, a blast of superbly awkward positivity exactly when he's needed most.

Most unusual is the way Victor refuses to cast anyone as a villain, instead grappling with the situation in ways that are sometimes frustrating to watch but always full of badly needed insight and balance. The ideas that sometimes good people do bad things and that bad things happen to everyone are raised and essentially brushed aside as Victor digs much deeper into an important emotional reality. So where Agnes goes in this journey is both important and intensely involving.

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18.Jun.25

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