Monday 31 March 2008

Snowbound - TNT

Ciaran McConville's new play looks at love in different forms. A brief series of video extracts top and tail the acts, but there's no precise consensus. What's in no doubt, though, is that Tom loves — and feels responsible for — his autistic brother, Alex. Since the death of their mother, he's put his life on hold to care for him while their sister goes to uni and then embarks on a career. When he bumps into her former classmate Mary, another devoted relationship develops — but love can't protect any of them from fate. Sam Hazeldine's Tom has a gentle reticence, balanced by Katherine Manners' almost too bouncy Mary, and Karl Davies impresses as the blossoming Alex. McConville sounds a further cautionary note that caring can be taken too far when their doctor drives his trophy wife to drink by blurring the distinction between patient and family friend. Trafalgar Studios (2), Whitehall, SW1 (0870 060 6632). Until April 19. £24 (£15 on Mondays)

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