Fool for Love marks the final production at Found111, a pop-up theatre on Charing Cross Road, which has staged several successful productions in the last year, including Bug and Unfaithful.
Written by Sam Shepard and directed by Simon Evans, Fool For Love explores the background to a forbidden love affair. Set in a motel room, the seventy-five-minute production certainly packs a punch.
Adam Rothenberg plays Eddie, a character that seems both violent and unstable. Rothenberg gives a powerful performance that is exciting and terrifying to watch. Lydia Wilson, playing May, is captivating; she truly encapsulates the essence of the character.’The Old Man,’ who haunts the couples conscious, is portrayed brilliantly by Joe McGann who hovers on the fringe of the action; but his past has influenced events and led us to this motel room and the action now taking place. Luke Neal, as Martin, provides the reason for the story to be told and acts as the ear of the audience.
The venue may be a small space, but Fool For Love is a big production in terms of its storytelling power, it has been beautifully staged, and May’s final exit is both clever and artistic, somehow it seems to provide a fitting end for Found111.
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