[...] the question is not what brings people together, but what keeps them together? What stops either person from walking away. If they are trapped, how will they attempt to escape? A simple question and a simple investigation by Burns who traverses more of the political and social concerns of society, gender and generational relationships than one could guess in this 40 minute offering.
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Serio adds a grace and a coarse vulnerability to David. He’s scary, pathetic, lovable all at once – and that’s not an easy trio to achieve or wrangle. It is the final moments of the play which are throat-chokingly real and make the preceding 30 minutes make sense – we watch the captor break. We watch as David is broken by a hug. Sincerely broken – and it is one of the most profound moments I have experienced this Fringe Festival.
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