This is a piece of theatre that I went to see at the New Wolsey theatre in Ipswich, the story is that a man has lost his wife and child in a house fire and believes its his fault and we see his life seven years on from the incident. I didn't really know anything about the story when it started but i had read in the programme that it was a psychological thriller so i was a bit apprehensive as to how they were going to develop the story, the design was by Foxton and it was set in an Edwardian house and it was all in the same room throughout the play but they refer to upstairs where the accident happened. The first half of the play I found was quite slow because it was all the back story and explanation of what happened and who the characters were but the second half was better and a lot more started to happen.
The only downside to the design that I had was that there were speakers within the pieces of scenery but they didn't seem to fit the period of the house and wasn't sure if this was part of the design or just a way of achieving the sounds effects to give them a more eery feel.
I really enjoyed this production once the story started to develop there were lots of twists and it kept you guessing all the way through as to how it was going to end, it was full of suspense helped along with the sudden blackouts and loud sounds for the train going passed the window and the echoing screams.
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