Kindling review – all-female ‘anti-friendship’ play gets boozy and primal in the woods
Park theatre, LondonThe bonhomie curdles as an otherwise unconnected group of women set out to scatter someone’s ashes in a promising setup that flounders despite a beautiful setSarah Rickman’s play...
By Arifa Akbar · The Guardian Culture
Park theatre, London The bonhomie curdles as an otherwise unconnected group of women set out to scatter someone’s ashes in a promising setup that flounders despite a beautiful set Sarah Rickman’s play sets up an enticing, all-female “anti-friendship” endeavour in the wilderness: Mei has died of cancer and her dying wish has instructed her closest friends to come together in the redwood forest of Wales to scatter her ashes. We meet them lost in the forest, without a compass or workable map. It looks, at the outset, like a jolly away-day gone awry. The bonhomie, if there was any, has curdled and they are now taking big swipes at each other. Because, while they were close to Mei, they have little in common with one another bar the urn that contains their departed friend. At Park theatre, London , until 15 November Continue reading...