Alone, Together – Bridewell Theatre
Directed and written by Francesca Woods, Alone, Together offers an insight into the lives of six teachers working at the same school. Wood goes beyond the “masks” that these teachers put on each day as they step into the classroom, exploring the numbing sense of loneliness that ties these very different people together.
We see how these characters connect through three different stories, exploring everything from love to loss. More dramatic scenes are interspersed between more light-hearted moments that portray the development of these characters’ relationships with different songs setting the scene. These musically jarring moments were enjoyable but almost too brief, serving as a sort of filler between the main scene...