Sgript Cymru's final production before the company's merger with the Sherman Theatre is fittingly about a name change - taken for survival - and the far-reaching consequences of that action. How the company will fare in its new incarnation remains to be seen. For now though, it leaves us with an immensely powerful, ambitious family drama packed full of lies, self-deceit and secrets bubbling away toxically just beneath the surface.
Language and identity are writer Meredydd Barker's key themes in a poetic, symbolic script that tussles with hefty existential questions. A life taken and a name stolen during wartime comes back to haunt the Murazzo family decades later, causing them to question who they really are, and ponder whether the sins of a father inevitably come to rest on later generations.
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