Review of Tiny Theatre Company’s 143 at TheatreN16
Seeing work by new theatre companies is always exciting. So I was happy to head off to Styx, the new home of Theatre N16, to see 143 , the first production by Tiny Theatre Company. The numbers here refer to 1 writer (Isabelle Stokes), 4 actors (Olivia May Roebuck, Alexandra Brailsford, Aizaac Sidhu and Danny Merrill) and 3 plays. The first of which was Pearl with Alexandra and Danny as Ava and Daniel respectively. Two young people who meet through a friend of a friend and somehow hit it off, despite Ava’s intense dislike of Daniel – not to mention his reputation of which he seems inordinately proud. Told as a series of inner monologues being shared with the audience, we follow their relationship from its very shaky beginnings through to the realities of living together and the fears that can become overwhelming when two people are together. The couple are not really suited, Ava is practical and logical, whilst Danny is a bit of a dreamer who always hopes that pro...