Silhouette, Tyldesley Little Theatre. Until Saturday
COPING with the ingenious and proliferate plotting of Simon Brett's script is a challenge in itself, but the play's structure, which is at a tangent to the traditional thriller method, multiplies the task.
Director Jenny Orman and a talented cast use understatement and subtle stagecraft to ramp up the tension in a deeply satisfying work.
Set amidst the wreckage of a theatrical marriage and spiced up with the witterings of a highly efficient stalker, there is high comedy here that increases the murderous chills and allows the twist, when it comes, to cause a sharp intake of breath.
Kaye Taylor's Celia is the picture of slightly tarnished stardom, coping with cameo roles and a loveless marriage. Tony Thompson as her husband Martin is a magnificent, Mike Jeffries is once again superb, this time as DI Bruton.
Ian Taylor's stalker-cum-journalist Neville is a classic in a cracking winter warmer.
Nigel McFarlane
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