THE CHILDREN by Lucy Kirwood

“The Children is a new eco-thriller from British wunderkind Lucy Kirkwood about the coming Apocalypse – and the responsibility this generation must assume for the carnage we have left. The play is dialogue heavy but the three veteran performers keep the air crackling with a discomforting sense of menace. All three are complex and contradictory and their performances are absorbing and sympathetic. In the vast pool of talent we are blessed with in this town – it’s hard to imagine any actors who would be any better in the roles. This is all pretty heavy stuff but Guedo keeps the production from becoming portentous or static – mostly by constantly shifting his tone and keeping his performers slightly off- centre. He skillfully moves his production to a highly emotional, and perhaps inevitable, ending. The last few minutes are memorable, riveting and quite overpowering in their impact.”

-Colin Maclean, Gig City