But the combo of its brevity and the make-do-and-mend austerity give the show a small canvas to work from, and it never quite lifts off.
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It is a pleasure to watch two different artists working with one another so seamlessly, the highlight of this touching play at the Almeida.
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‘and breathe…’ is a beautiful balance of words, sound and feeling, delicate and indestructible as a shaft of light.
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For all Jonsson’s physical presence, however, it wasn’t always easy to follow the words. Sode’s writing is dense and allusive.
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Yomi Ṣode’s startling play about death, mourning and young masculinity is intensified by its weight of emotion and sensational stagecraft
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It’s a small, even low-key piece – and yet, thanks to Jonsson, it’s also pretty special.
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David Jonsson plays Junior with great sensitivity, extrapolating a wealth of wit, wry humour, flashing anger and undisguised upset from the crisp text.
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