Mosquitoes review – sparring sisters collide in Lucy Kirkwood's science stormer
by Michael Billington from on (#2XGVM)
Dorfman, London
Olivias Williams and Colman give a spellbinding account of sibling strife in this wonderfully ambitious play set during the Higgs boson breakthrough
Lucy Kirkwood has proved, with Chimerica and The Children, that she is a dramatist of dauntless ambition. She pushes the boat out even further with her new play, which uses experiments in particle physics as a way of exploring the collision between two wildly contrasted sisters. Even if Kirkwood bombards us with too many ideas, her play involves us emotionally thanks to two superb performances from Olivia Williams and Olivia Colman.
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