Barnes’ People: Losing Myself – Perfectly Normal Productions
Adams is a man who feels he has lost everything, himself, his faith, his hope. He sits on a bench in a dilapidated cemetery that is about to be redeveloped, contemplating his life and chatting to the deceased Maurice as he tries to come to terms with who he has become. He used to be a trusted and dedicated doctor but, somewhere along the way, he realised that his ability to care was a sham and his concern for others was condescension. So he walked away from that life and became a cemetery attendant. This is a play about guilt and self-judgement, loss and rediscovery.
The vastly under-rated Matthew Kelly is wonderful as the introspective Adams. He's haggard but still smartly dressed, a man who "never thought there was anything serious enough in the world to care about." In talking...