Edinburgh Festival Review – Forgotten Things
Sometimes things aren’t as they seem… or as you remember…
Forgotten Things is a wild, whimsical and very dark tale of an arguing couple who has both a troublesome son and a senile gran all under the same roof. The gran doesn’t seem to be able to take care of her self (and the family is barely managing to do so), and the parents find the son with a line of rope. At their wits end, the couple visit a larger-than-life doctor to help sort out their woes. In a flourish of messy and sometimes unnecessary twists and turns, we watch as the doctor attempts to deduce the family’s root problems, while son and gran are left at home to bond. The parents return home with the answer they think is their future, while the son has different plans, and the gran hasn’t got a clue what’s coming.
4 stars for a wonderful stage performance – what a great stage set! Playing at the Pleasance Dome, 13:50. £9.50, Book now.
