I had not read any reviews before going, so went in with a completely open mind.
It's a curious little play, just 90 minutes long, and with just 2 characters, whose relationship we watch, as it develops.
It starts when Georgie, (Anne-Marie Duff) a woman in her 40s, kisses total stranger Alex (Kenneth Cranham), a man of 75, as he sits on a bench at Kings Cross station, and things develop from then.
It is a love story of a sort - the idea is that neither Georgie nor Alex is looking for love, and that despite Georgie's undeniably manipulative actions, she falls for Alex despite herself, and he fall for her despite her (many, many) faults.
We are, I think, supposed to find it heartwarming and, as the billboard says, life affirming.
I didn't. I mostly found it a bit irritating. I also felt that there was more than a whiff of male wish fulfilment going on.
So, for me, it was interesting in places but ultimately uninspiring. I found the set (lots of moving walls to change the shape and size of the piece of stage being used, and lots of use of lighting), well done, but not enough on its own to rescue the play!
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