Kiln theatre, London
Starring in her play about friendship, romance and spina bifida, Amy Trigg is enormously entertaining
There are several good reasons to love Amy Trigg’s debut play about a twentysomething navigating friendship, romance and spina bifida in a sometimes hostile world. The monologue was last year’s joint winner of the inaugural Women’s Prize for Playwriting and it hits high notes with its humour. But it is Trigg’s charm that gives it a winning quality.
She plays Juno, who is enacting scenes from her life in flashback, from her earliest hospital procedures to school crushes and sophomoric passions. Trigg brings a spirit of standup to the show, which creates an uncertain tone at first though it hardly matters because she captivates with her puckish sense of mischief, ticklish punchlines and pace. She excels at bathos, too, and even when some lines don’t feel entirely fresh, she has a charisma that makes her incorrigibly fun to watch.
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