Review: Shivered

Writer Philip Ridley amazes with an incredibly well-crafted, hauntingly original play. With 17 scenes scattered throughout, the performance deals with the fragility that comes with being human; the decisions and circumstances that may break us into pieces, and then patch us back up again into something resembling who we used to be.

Outstanding performances from all involved in this non-sequential dramatical, thrilling encapsulation of emotion, fantasy, family, friends and the fragmentation that comes with unity. Keeping you engaged with slight confusion as the story unfolds, Director Claudia Barrie has managed to really transcend the stage, and evoke a real sense of wholeness in the audience while the actors are delivering their intimate lines, leaving you… shivered.

****/5

Until May 30, Tuesday – Saturday at 7pm. PACT Theatre, 107 Railway Pde, Erskineville. $26 – $32. Bookings & information: madmarchtheatreco.com