3 STARS
Infirmity is the latest treat from Nottingham New Theatre’s Fringe Season.
A new play written and directed by Boo Jackson and Tom Heath, Infirmity starts off with Charlotte and Connor, a struggling couple in their early thirties, at a counselling session with a psychotherapist (Will Berrington). The couple, played very well by Ben Williamson and Emma McDonald, are at breaking point in their relationship. Soon, we’re taken back into Charlotte and Connor’s past to their University days when they first said they loved each other.
The contrast between the snappy couple in their thirties and the newly-in-love couple in their early twenties is captivating. As an audience you are instantly hooked into the play, as you want to know what went wrong in the relationship.
The play continues in this vein of flicking between present moments in the counselling session and flashbacks of various moments in the couples history. It’s a plot device that allows you connect to the characters as you watch as the relationship slowly unravels.
Infirmity has a clever balance between the drama of relationships and the hilarious awkwardness of student life. Our favourite moments being the misheard first “I love you” and a drunk rendition of “I’m a survivor – Destiny’s Child.”
Our favourite line? “Harvard referencing was shat out by Satan himself”. Something that Her Campus has definitely thought in the past!
Infirmity is a fantastic play about the ups and downs of relationships. The writing was very witty and the acting is brilliant; all in all a wonderful addition to New Theatre’s Fringe Season.
Edited by Harriet Dunlea