Spoonface Steinberg - Theatre Clwyd.

 

Sometimes tales of bravery steal our hearts. Stories of hope, determination and a acceptance that, in life, sometimes things are not perfect. Lee Hall’s ‘Spoonface Steinberg’ is such a story.

A one woman play it is her thoughts, her dreams and her pain. Spoonface is a young girl with autism who contracts terminal cancer. However, despite the upsetting subject matter the theme of the play is not death but life.

A young girls blunt view on her predicament, of her love of life, music, her friends and a genuine interest in the world around her. You’d imagine with mentions of separated families, death, alcohol and concentration it would be a chilling, dark experience but it’s not. It’s witty, sensitive and wonderfully written.

Tonight at Mold theatre Spoonface is played by Zoe Thorne. Her performance is wonderful. An actress in her twenties there is nothing in her performance that is anything other than a young girl with autism. Brilliantly directed and staged you are instantly brought into this young girls world and you don’t leave until the very last minute.

The performance provokes laughter, sadness and the occasional tear in the eye. The underlining topic of the play is its hope. A hope that we are something in this world, we had a place in the world and that the truth world will continue, with all it’s joyous aspects, is not a completely terrifying thought. 

Poignant, hopeful and though provoking Spoonface Steinberg is a theatre experience not to be missed.

 

 

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