A highly imaginative play, by turns macabre, mysterious and shocking, acclaimed on its premiere at this year’s Edinburgh Festival where it was nominated for a prestigious Fringe First Award:
“Little children aren’t supposed to want to hurt their Mummies and Daddies….are they?”
ADJUST YOUR EXPECTATIONS
“Few men would deny feeling a little queasy about the woman’s power to hatch life, and the child’s potential to usurp its father. This new play is a chilling exploration of that Oedipal paranoia . . . Alex Palmer’s Griff is a fine portrayal of misdirected rage, while Juliet Cowan is superb . . . as notable for its humour and restraint as for its mounting tension and gruelling climax. The dissection of a malodorous area of male psychic anatomy is not only brave, but carried off with remarkable acuity.
Andrew Burnet, The Scotsman ««««
“. . . must rank as one of the most disturbing pieces of drama at this year’s Fringe . . . Hush is dark, complex, edgy theatre performed with startling honesty . . . at times excruciating to watch, but I urge you to do so. Gripping stuff. Unmissable!
EdinburghGuide.com «««««
“…a convincing and disquieting play… as audaciously different as it is disturbingly engrossing…”
Metro ««««
“Excellent production . . . Juliet Cowan and Alex Palmer are spectacular . . . deeply upsetting, but utterly riveting”
ThreeWeeks ««««
“Hush announces the arrival of Canadian Samantha Wright as a really promising new playwright . . . enough reality underlying it to be terrifying . . . utterly believable.
British Theatre Guide ««««
Director: Donnacadh O’Briain
Producer: Andy Jordan
Designer: Alex Marker
Composer: Helen Caddick
Lighting: Chris Corner