Key of the door: leaving care behind
10 April 2012
365 is a spare, fluid, occasionally surreal work by David Harrower for the National Theatre of Scotland that examines the system of "practice flats" for young people about to leave the care system.
Gradually, in Vicky Featherstone’s atmospheric production, we get to know a little about a handful of these damaged kidults, although Harrower would have done well to expand some narrative strands and contract others.
In one startling scene shift, the flat gives way to a Hansel and Gretel-esque cottage in the woods, an apt setting for exploring long‑suppressed nightmares.
Until 27 Sept (0871 221 1722, www.lyric.co.uk)
365
Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL
