A very clever presentation following a young woman's torment through flashbacks of her life. Without a spoken word in the entire play, we watch several stories unfold.
A young family, the parents estranged from their daughter and each other, as she tries to bring them together again. The daughter's desire to hang with the bad crowd and their bullying of her when she doesn't conform with their code, when relieving others of their possesions.
A child projidy, an excellent pianist, who has lost her desire to play. Probably after the loss of her family years earlier in the war and of the firing squad her desserter husband faced. Her clothes are worn and tattered, her suitcase old and battered - has she been living homeless on the streest for some time now....
Amazing acrobatics, with a hidden trampoline between two park benches providing lift for the actors, makes the visuals all the more impactful. Some very talented actors and accomplished gymnasts. While the content and delivery may have been a little over the heads of the younger ones in the audience, this is children's theatre at its best, giving you lots to talk about with your children afterwards. Even the adults in my party had some interesting discussion around their respective interpretations.
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