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The Trick review " a magic show with nothing up its sleeve by Kate Wyver

Bush theatre, LondonEve Leigh's new play " about grief and old age " is overbearing in its manipulative attempts to make us feel sad It is billed as a magic show about grief but The Trick has nothing up its sleeve. Eve Leigh's new play, about the struggles of old age and mourning, falls into the trap of emotionally manipulative music and sentimentality without so much as a cup-and-ball sleight of hand to misdirect us…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM on February 26, 2019

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