In Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Alice sips from a bottle marked "Drink Me" and begins to shoot up and down in size. Following a fit, aged five, Moia is discovered to be suffering from an optical condition known as Alice in Wonderland syndrome, making objects that are near look far away and vice versa. How will Moia ever learn to trust her own eyes in a world where appearances can be deceptive?
Gavin O' Carroll's exquisitely written monologue is not a medical treatise, but a redemptive story of reaching out for the things that seem very far away. Set in a tin bath, it is a play about not getting trapped and learning to embrace the future - even if you cannot clearly see the way.
Talented writer Al Smith, who had hits in Edinburgh with Enola and Radio, turns producer for this little show and he has picked a good 'un. As a monologue its scope is small, but the writing fizzes with possibilities. It is performed with an extraordinarily open-hearted, fresh-faced and unaffected grace by Kerry-Jayne Wilson.
The devil is in the beautiful details here as Moia opens her eyes to small-town Northern Irish life, takes her first tentative steps away from the tragedies of the past, reaches out to a London that seems terrifyingly far away and feels her way into a looming future. Sometimes it seems that it is best to ignore old advice and leap before you look too hard.
· Until August 26. Box office: 0870-745 3083.
