Paul Vale, The Stage Fri, 2015-05-15 01:00

Spanish playwright Guillem Clua’s artfully structured thriller intertwines two related stories that take place in the same shabby hotel room. Each narrative unfolds with clarity and purpose, mainly thanks to a careful staging from directors Silvia Ayguade and Franko Figueiredo and an equally thoughtful lighting design from Derek Carlyle. The international cast negotiates this complex structure well, with neither story pulling attention away from the other. Bea Segura is a commanding, strident presence as the disillusioned reporter with a hidden agenda, but the real victim of this conflict is embodied in Laya Marti’s tortured, tormented Ida.