Last night I went to see The Fantasist by Theatre Temoin at The Warren. I absolutely loved this modest production which played with the illusory and the real to great effect.

Louise emerges as a patient, locked in her own hallucinations. In moments of clarity the action seems concrete and safe; during the psychosis she is visited. These flights of fantasy were deftly created by the small ensemble cast with two puppeteers in Kabuki blacks - objects and traditional puppets expertly manipulated to create the hallucinations.

The Fantasist played with the dynamic of puppet and puppeteer; the control flipping between the two. The puppets themselves ranged from cute to deliciously creepy – an ethereal witch who sent shivers down my spine, heads popping out from cupboards and an anglepoise lamp sprang to life. My favourite puppet was the jointed maquette who begged to be finished, for the illusion to be complete.

The text was extremely funny and moving. A stand-out scene played with time – some performers slowed right down and then sped up to reveal Louise’s state of mind. The cast gave exceptional performances and the piece held together a strong physical vocabulary throughout .

The cheeky twist at the end was perfectly pitched, sending the audience back out into the night just with the fantasy.

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Jessica Cheetham runs Spun Glass Theatre; a Brighton theatre company devoted to personal protest through words and worlds. She is also the Social Media Coordinator for Root Experience.