“Shocking but darkly enjoyable!

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Drama came with a vengeance

to Coventry as new hard hitting & 

powerful drama written and directed by

Richard Morelli hits the stage/screen. Act one

introduces us to Vinnie (Peter Daly-Dickson) a war

veteran suffering from post- traumatic stress disorder

(PTSD). His portrayal of this traumatised & paranoid old

man was outstanding & just watching him struggling wordlessly 

to move about his house seemed to stun the audience into silence.

I think everyone was holding their breath as he shuffled around, on 

the verge of collapse, trying to cope with life while the ominous rumble of

a storm & fireworks outside were, in his head, explosions from the battlefield.

 

Not giving away any spoilers but circumstances of that night result in him taking

a young man hostage. The hapless individual was James, (Daniel Peckett) innocently

knocking on doors to spread God’s word. From this moment we see a more dangerous

and violent side to Vinnie, and a very intense and moving performance from Daniel

Peckett who is terrified not only for his own life, but the life of his captor.

 

For the duration, apart from a few nervous laughs at

moments where flashes of dark humour seep through,

you could have heard a pin drop in that audience.

 It was incredibly tense, very atmospheric and at times

quite sinister; and you really feared for what might happen next.

 

It’s extremely violent, there’s strong adult language, there are scenes that

shock and could distress people, and while there isn’t any nudity, we do have

Vinnie performing the whole of act one and some of act two in his underpants.