TheWelkin, a new period drama by the author of 'Chimerica' and 'The Children,' has startling contemporary resonance
production is witnessing Kirkwood’s theatrical and intellectual ambition being so disturbingly and vividly realized.
We first see the women in a major visual coup. Backlit by Lee Curran and accompanied by Carolyn Downing’s vivid sound design, twelve individual vertical panels spanning the full height and width of the stage reveal the women at work in starkly beautiful silhouette, washing and drying, cleaning and caring.
If there is a weakness in the first act, it’s to do with the scale of so many characters being introduced. After highly witty introductions , some of the exposition undeniably becalms the pace. And Bunny Christie’s vast, grey room of a set rightly makes the women look ill at ease, but its size means there is little for the sound to bounce off, which brings problems of audibility. That, plus uneven accents among the cast, means moments and some detail are currently being lost.
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