Review: Brief Play About Rage, Omnibus Theatre

L-R: Samantha Begeman, Clare Stenning and Jad Sayegh in Brief Play About Rage, Omnibus Theatre Brief Play About Rage at the Omnibus Theatre is a funny one. You’ll either get it or you won’t. You’ll either find it hilarious and daring or OTT and irritating. It’s set in the flat of Val (Samantha Begeman) and Hugh (Jad Sayegh), and tensions are running high as they await the arrival of Val’s old ‘friend’ Nell (Clare Stenning). They only have two chairs, but neither seems concerned about where their guest will sit. Instead, Val frantically cleans an already clean flat while giving Hugh a list of instructions for dealing with Nell. It’s partly about protection, partly about how not to provoke. How bad can a supposed friend actually be? Quickly it becomes clear she is bad. She is right up in personal space bad. She is ‘has-no-filter’ bad. She is ‘speak the truth’ but ‘only joking’ bad. Nell doesn’t take much to be provoked into wilder and wilder behaviour, and things go from bad to worse.…