Natural Affection
Jermyn Street Theatre
Jermyn Street Theatre
Reviewed on Saturday 26th July 2014
★★
"The world looks awful ugly at times..."
"The world looks awful ugly at times..."
Based on a newspaper story about a senseless killing, Natural Affection sees troubled child Donnie (Louis Cardona) return from reform school to live with his mother Sue (Lysette Anthony) and her new boyfriend Bernie (Timothy Knightley). Donnie, who has spent most of his life in an orphanage, has an unnatural love of his mother, but her rejection leads to the play's tragic conclusion.
