Play by Charlotte Jones. Directed by Anna Mackmin.
Hearts catch flame as family stories and secrets merge, and past and present collide.
But she also has a neurotic flatmate, a mother who doesn't know who she is, and a married lover who deals in futures but will not only live in the present. In Flame , an enormous hit at the Bush Theatre on London's Fringe last year, won Charlotte Jones the 1999 Critics' Circle Award for 'Most Promising Playwright'. I loved this show when it opened at the Bush in January last year. But though director, designer and many of the cast remain the same, the production seems to have grown weaker rather than stronger on its transfer to the West End. Despite some fine performances, the acting often seemed edgy and over-emphatic on the first night.