Synopsis
The Cutting
Published by Oberon
1 Male 1 Female
From the moment the police came to question her she has not spoken
Alex, a child psychiatrist with experience of mutism is called in as a last resort to make a psychiatric assessment
He battles against her silence until at last he breaks the dam
This woman speaks direct to another human being for perhaps the first time in her life and an extraordinary story is revealed, and a relationship forged
'A remarkable first play ... rivets the attention' ~ Mail on Sunday
'... a gem of inner discovery ... gripping theatre ... uncompromisingly intelligent and unsentimentally moving' ~ Mark Douet, London Theatre Record