It all starts with two boys and a girl, sat in a bare living room, late one evening. Slightly inebriated, they are reminiscing on past times. But sometimes the line between intimacy and sexual attraction can blur - what happens then?
Paul (Alex Corbet Bucher) and Jenny (Lisa Gifford) who look like a promising young couple, soon to get married, just moved into their new home with the help of Paul’s best friend Rob (Adam Lannon).
Jenny leaves the room for a moment and the two best friends take the opportunity to have a heart to heart. Paul, future groom to be, seems nervous, nearly petrified by all the recent events and the wedding, more so than Jenny. As she comes back in the living room, Jenny senses the tension and attempts to ease the atmosphere by convincing the two boys to play the very famous, very dangerous, drinking game ‘I have never’ - a pivotal moment in the play which will throw the audience into the lives of our three characters and completely change the course of events.
Paul, Jenny and Rob are completely at ease in their role as ‘common people’, so much so, that they could remind you of your own friends. Their performances play on your emotions and you even take sides as if you were the fourth mate in the room. I was particularly impressed by Paul’s agility of character as he drags the audience along this love and hate journey.
Credit is also due to the director, Paul Linghorn, for the cleverness, extreme insight and relevance of the play. ‘Threesome’ brings dark, real-life issues to the surface tapping into desire, confession, love, betrayal and condemnation.
This play will keep you thinking long after the big applause. My sole comment would be to give more time to the final scene in order to allow the audience to truly appreciate the range of emotions and thought they will be going through.
This is a fantastic play with a few risqué scenes to add to the thrill, recommended to all.
