In reality, the plot feels very tenuous...Rather than being an active participant, you find yourself simply drifting through the experience and waiting patiently for the journey to reach its conclusion.
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This is Hutchinson’s first play since 2012, but like the doomed ship of the title, it should have never been allowed to set sail.
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The main problem is that Hutchinson...never seems sure what kind of play he is trying to write. The result is an unwieldy combination of faux drama-doc, pulp fiction and a sprinkling of metaphysical speculation about truth versus fantasy.
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But as competent as the performances are, this play goes nowhere dramatically. Instead, it swims around in exposition, with flimsy, cliched characters and little beyond theories being spoken out loud.
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Disappointingly, Eoin O’Callaghan’s production doesn’t really do the material justice...The intriguing first part falters badly in the second half of the evening, but the play does not deserve to sink without trace.
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