Backward Glance, The Bike Shed Theatre, runs until Saturday 28th January
By Josh Adamson
Backward Glance is an intense, hour or so long, performance focusing on the husband of a recently deceased, hard drinking, famous woman.
The husband, an unrequenting, hardnosed character himself, is analysed during the play by three ladies – a journalist friend (with whom he has had a one night stand) who is writing for the many loyal fans of his recently deceased wife, a police interrogator (suspicious that he murdered his unfaithful wife) and the wifes grieving mother.
The acting in the play is superb, sucking you into the play brilliantly and the scenes are set well by changes in lighting and backdrop. One factor that works well is how the timeline of the play is represented by the drinking of a bottle of wine consumed by the reporter and the husband.
Overall a very intense but clever play about the breakdown of relationships and different ways people grieve.
Recommended.