![]() Our cast of three are various incarnations of internalised anguish. ![]() But there’s tenderness and more gentle handling of the subject matter here too, which is no doubt a warm reflection of Mcvey’s time spent with dementia patients and their families. Mention dementia and every slip up becomes a screaming siren of alarm. Perhaps the most defining element of this story is its ability to highlight just how susceptible we are to suggestion when seeds are planted. The notion of time slipping away and the lost urgency for living in the moment leave us questioning precisely which of this trio really needs either of the others and in what capacity. Now living with her father and greeted daily by a warmly can-do care worker, she’s a sitting duck for intrusive doubts of various kinds.Īnd that doubt extends to us through some well placed and sustained ambiguity across A Shadow of Doubt. Tuesday 11th February 2020 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio).ĭoubt and shadows do indeed pervade this interesting piece from Gill Mcvey, who writes, directs and stars as the daughter of a mother lost to dementia and a husband lost to an abrupt, unexpected end. ![]()
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