Key Change NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (26)
See it if A beautifully acted and powerful prison drama set in England. Very moving and although sad, there is hope. Inventive staging and direction.
Don't see it if You have trouble understanding English accents and don't like prison dramas. Could be more character development.
See it if Fantastic production , must see so glad that i was one of the technicians that worked on in edinburgh and be able to watch in NYC again :)
Don't see it if N/A
See it if You enjoy good honest theatre with lots of energy and humour. A must see - highly recommended
Don't see it if Everyone should see this show it is such a powerful piece of work that it is a good fit for everyone - enjoy.
See it if Hits to the core. Want to address your basic human self? Feel the pain of what could happen? What might have happened? Cleverly done.
Don't see it if Can't think of any reason not to see it
See it if You want honesty and truth about the human condition. There is a rawness here that speaks straight from the heart of voices we seldom hear.
Don't see it if You don't want to be confronted with uncomfortable truths. That is not to say this play is without plenty of humour and joy.
See it if You believe theatre can change things, change you.
Don't see it if You want light entertainment that you'll easily forget
See it if You love theatre with a conscience
Don't see it if You hate good theatre
See it if You like good acting, good writing.
Don't see it if If you're offended by the word 'cunt'
Critic Reviews (18)
"The director shepherded the cast’s adroit and heartfelt performances and configured them into an artistic, living piece. It is a work of poetic symmetry with wisps of song, music and movement spun into a dramatic event that Open Clasp hoped would resonate especially among the incarcerated…'Key Change' is powerful in its performances and in its edgy content culled from truth. Its visceral truths are stark and real."
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"A remarkable production by all-female theatre company...'Key Change' is a rare and surprisingly funny piece of theatre that presents the stories of domestic and sexual abuse that all too often lead vulnerable women into lives of crime."
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"The voices are of the women themselves, often raw, always heartfelt and sometimes singing with an everyday poetry as if the devising process had unlocked a waterfall of creativity...The show snakes back on itself in surprising ways so that we question our initial reactions: a violent opening scene is repeated, but this time with context."
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"This is a tale told with kinetic honesty and tightly controlled tenderness...The actors shine, whether ripping each other to bits in sharply humorous Geordie tones or slipping into short but spine-tingling balletic sequences...The incidents are touched on chillingly but not dwelled on in the piece...Yet there is humour and humanity here too, and the slow, heart-crushing poignancy of trying to mother failing children from afar when the phones don’t even work."
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"'Key Change' never quite resolves its issues. What it does do brilliantly is evoke the jagged texture of everyday life in prison. Overlapping voices summon the relentless cacophony, while letters transform into birds that fly hopes and worries over the walls. And through it all there’s a tough, humane sense of humour, challenging preconceptions at every turn."
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The tone is set for a searingly honest study of life...Fused throughout with an often furiously choreographed physicality, putting the action in a women's prison gives things a heightened poignancy, and using the real life devising process as a framing device is inspired in a heartbreaking portrait of women in confinement that's full of wit, anger, muscle, guts and a heart that beats with what it means to be free."
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"'Key Change' is notable for being neither sentimental nor in your face, yet refusing to duck the issues. In so doing it becomes a potent lesson in theatremaking for its total fusion of message with audience."
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"The standout production, is devised by inmates of a women’s prison, giving them an uninterrupted voice to tell their stories. The humility with which Open Clasp Theatre Company and writer Catrina McHugh approached the project is evident and allows the five actors to thrive on the script’s wit and honesty, hilarious and savage by turns, but always refreshing."
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