Moments and Empty Beds at the Hope Theatre – Review
https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/194968/moments-and-empty-beds-hope-theatre-review/ Moments and Empty Beds – Credit: Nick Reed Having two separate one-act plays on the same night is a bit of a gamble really. You never know what the audience are going to do. Are the two plays complementary or do they clash against each other thematically? What about the set, the actors needed? Yes, it’s a brave Artistic Director that goes for a two-show performance. Luckily, Matthew Parker at The Hope Theatre laughs in the face of danger and has brought a great double bill – Moments and Empty Beds – by Julia Cranney to Islington. Moments is a two-hander about Ava (Julia Cranney) and Daniel (Simon Mattacks), two single people living in London who occasionally see each other on the bus to work. Ava is a young lady working in a call centre, while Daniel is a middle-aged security guard at a car park. One thing they do have in common is that they are both on their own. Daniel is es...