The actors skilfully evoke the claustrophobia of family members trying to fake togetherness The Gathered Leaves is set on the tectonic plates of a middle-class family reunion, in which three generations grapple with the shifting values of an indifferent world. Adrian Noble's sensitively observed production investigates what happens when a tyrannical patriarch starts to succumb to dementia, making disorientating deman…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:54PM on August 24, 2025