Do any amount of research on People, Places and Things and you will find page after page of praise for Denise Gough’s performance as Emma, both for her original 2016 turn as Duncan Macmillan’s leading character, and now for her west end reprise of the role. She deserves every paragraph of it, returning as a more experienced actor adding even more weight to the subtle moments of desperation – instances that punch you in the gut even harder than the physical displays of anguish.
However, to think of the Jeremy Herrin directed production as solely a showcase for her extraordinary talent would be doing it a disservice. The play is one of the most accurate and moving pieces of art exploring mental illness and addiction of recent times.
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