The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey

REVIEW: The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, Westside Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Lecesne has a winning charm and a cast-iron technique, so his spinning wheel presentation of a myriad of small town character types is absolutely engaging and subtly preaching. You never lose track of which character is speaking. He tells the tale in a beguiling way, never down-playing the atrocity at its heart but also, more fairly than is perhaps necessary, showing the humanity and humour in the positions of the other characters.