Control, domestic oppression, football and suicide are all themes in this post-punk production. It seems that ‘Turn the Blue Light Down’ has taken the safe structured approach to writing about young suicide in that there is the link to something everyday (football): the play’s protagonist is ground down by a character who lashes out at others due to his own securities and a loving mother who when devastated by her child’s death makes a conscious decision to positively change her life. As this approach was the one taken, the hard-hitting subject matter missed the mark and what could have been an emotionally engaging piece elicited a sympathetic reaction rather than an empathetic one.
The Spaces @ Royal College of Surgeons, 17 - 29 Aug (not 23), 2.10pm, £8.00 (£6.00), fpp 234
tw rating: 2/5
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