This was an excellent evening. We are in a Southern USA Plantation House to which a group of three siblings and their families have returned following the death of their father. There is Toni, the matriarch of the trio, her successful brother Bo and his wife (Rachael) and the more wayward Franz and his slightly hippy girlfriend, River. Toni and Bo have a teenage son (Rhys) and daughter (Cassidy) and there is speculation that these cousins fancy each other. There is also the much younger Ainsley who charges around the stage and is discovered early on going through a set of pictures that are the subject of the evening. They are of lynchings many years ago when slaves were present on the plantation. These pit the siblings and partners into much constructive denial that their ancestors could have been part of such atrocities but things are complicated when the monetary value of the photographs is determined.
The evening mixes a good deal of humour with what is mainly an examination of the dynamics of the family - with old scores and resentments to reprise. The standout performance was Monica Dolan, playing Toni - closely followed by the rest of the cast and the amazing gothic house set.
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