The Other Place
I loved Alexander Zeldin’s earlier play The Confessions , so I was really keen to see what he had done with the tale of Antigone, reworked for a modern blended suburban family. The set is a house being renovated to ‘bring in the light’ with walls knocked down and swishing doors to the garden demonstrated to everyone, all very 'Grand Designs'. But the house used to belong to Chris’s brother and it is being renovated to get rid of the past and move on. As part of moving on, Chris (Tobias Menzies) has decided that it is time to scatter the ashes to get his brother finally out of the house, and is determined to do so. One of his nieces Issy (Alison Oliver) is already living in the house with memories of before and they are joined by Annie (Emma D'Arcy), her sister, who hasn’t let go of an ounce of her grief and has decided that her Dad's ashes should stay in the house. The intransigence and battles between Chris and Annie takes some gasp inducing turns as they tussl...