"Strap yourself in, as this is a play to make you think, laugh, and squirm in your seat...'The Shape of Things' raises a lot of questions about subjectivity and reality and provides few answers. Some would call it art."
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" 'The Shape of Things' is a production about coercive control at its most subtle stages...This creates a show that's equal parts disturbing and intriguing - something you can't take your eyes away from while knowing it will likely end badly. As a result, it's a stellar piece of theatre."
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"Overall, the script is lumpy. The punchlines seem to be in the wrong places...The joke would be so much stronger with a little nudge of the syntax."
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"Adam’s anger in his final confrontation with Evelyn isn’t totally convincing, and the play never quite lands a killer blow. But the plot is as finely engineered as a sports car and carries you away just as smoothly."
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"The dialogue still crackles in Nicky Allpress’s pacey revival, even if the piece is a tad too schematic, and the final scene adds a debate about art and ethics that audience members should be left to have among themselves on the way home."
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"The ending lands with a soft punch but still leaves us dwelling on LaBute’s seductive sociopaths, and what, exactly, makes them tick."
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"Director Nicky Allpress sets a snappy pace here, breezing through the play’s witty conversations while building an effective sense of unease that grows steadily until the devastating final-act twist."
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" 'The Shape Of Things' is a piece that fascinates on several contradictory levels. It’s very funny, utterly chilling, compellingly provocative and grimly prescient."
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