REVIEW: Distance, Park Theatre ✭✭✭
Julian Eaves reviews Simon Pittman’s production of Alex McSweeney’s play Distance now playing at the Park Theatre.
Julian Eaves reviews Simon Pittman’s production of Alex McSweeney’s play Distance now playing at the Park Theatre.
The cast has been announced for Distance – the only male-directed play in the Park90 season at Park Theatre, shining a light on male mental health and suicide.
O’Neill’s play has lost none of its power or resonance. It still feels as shocking and new today as no doubt it did in 1922. Jones’ revelatory and evocative production is not just beautiful to look at, easy to follow and enthralling – it also reminds that the questions of oppression, disparity and injustice which concerned O’Neill then are still pertinent. The world may not turn to the tune of industrialists quite so much in the 21st Century, but there is still a clear, powerful and rich elite and workers whose lives are made hideous while the rich get richer.