Unfaithful by Owen McCafferty
Traverse Theatre
Venue: Traverse Theatre
Owen
McCafferty’s Unfaithful is having
its world premiere at the Fringe this year.
It tells the tale of two couples; one middle-aged, one young, all four
struggling to find value in the lives they’ve chosen.
Weary fifty-something
plumber Tom meets loudmouthed seductress Tara in a bar after work while his
bored wife Joan cooks dinner at home. Will he succumb?
Neither Tara
or Joan are quite what they seem on the surface, and male prostitute Peter (or
is he a failed actor?) is set to make life difficult for them all.
It’s a
complex dance – part bedroom farce, part tragedy of manners - and there are no
easy answers to the problems of fidelity and loyalty in a world which gives
no-one exactly what they want out of life.
It’s not the most riproaring night to be
spent in a theatre, but the writing is good, the performances -– particularly
that of Benny Young (pictured) as the taciturn but deeply conflicted Tom - are strong, and
the hi-tech revolving set could easily be replaced by something simpler were
this Traverse Theatre production to tour – a bed, a table and some chairs is really all the
action needs.
Bleakly adult
subject matter and some brief nudity make the production unsuitable for
under-16s.
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