What is it to grieve properly? This is the question posed by this funny, painful and honest piece of theatre.
Four young men reunite after the sudden suicide of their friend.
They perch precariously on ladders and blunder across the stage in a roller coaster ride through shock, sadness, anger and guilt.
The show asks questions about how men deal with their feelings but doesn't resort to cliches that men are emotional numbskulls from Mars.
In fact, as the title Hymns suggests, this is a song of praise to male friendship and their muddled efforts to make sense of it all.
Great music, skillful lighting, inspired choreography and some well-chosen coffin gags come together seamlessly. Passionate and effortless performances from the cast keep this ambitious show on track.
There are some religious undertones. For example when the characters suspend themselves from the scaffolding on stage, the structures cease to be acrobatic props and fleetingly become cross-like. But at the end of the day, this is a tale about how the faithless face the absurd event of death.
And as to the question of how to grieve properly - well, judging by these performances - the answer must be: whole-heartedly.
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