Written by Uncanny’s Danny Robins, the motion on this trendy ghost story takes place over the course of 1 evening within the newly bought dwelling of Jenny (Louisa Lytton) and Sam (Nathaniel Curtis), a home Jenny has concluded is haunted. At 2:22 each morning for the previous few days, unusual sounds have been emanating from the child monitor.
The grand fixer-upper in a newly gentrified space, has clearly been purchased to show right into a showpiece for the overtly formidable, unbearable snob, Sam and as a way to flaunt it to his college good friend Lauren (Charlene Boyd) and Ben (Joe Absolom) her lower than fascinating (to Sam) builder boyfriend, they invite the pair for dinner.
Over the course of the night the category tensions ramp up in addition to Jenny’s concern about the home and the protection of her child. As Jenny lays naked her fears, supercilious Sam rationally dismisses or counter-argues her ideas away, however Lauren and Sam are open to a lower than rational clarification of occasions. The stress slowly builds as they await the clock to tick spherical to the fated hour.
The appearing is universally robust, Lytton is sympathetic and convincing because the exhausted new mum who’s undermined at each flip by her know-it-all husband and Curtis manages to be totally dislikeable as Sam. Stand out is Absolom because the quiet, working-class builder Ben, who elicits essentially the most sympathy from the viewers.
Is it scary? you ask. Well, there are jump-scares littered all through, however these are extra right down to the stage craft concerned quite than the writing. That mentioned, the writing is powerful however there’s no exhilarating terror to sharpen the temper. It is extra of a gradual, gradual burn. The twist when it comes although is a shocker (there was a lot viewers dialogue at interval as to what it might be – none have been appropriate). It is extremely entertaining, well-worth watching and a breath of recent air in a theatre scene suffering from both film to musical variations or barely worn out productions embarking on one more tour.
