What I liked
First of all, Hailey gives an astonishing performance. Fully committed to the character, but able to pull, twist, and contort that character into whatever shape the story demands.
And what a story, my god. What starts as a hilarious “day in the life of Effie” turns into a twisting, gut-wrenching tale about love, loneliness, revenge, and change.
Ultimately, the play is a scathing rebuke of austerity politics and how the burdens always fall on the most vulnerable of us. The real bad guy is always capitalism.
What I didn't like
See it ye bastard
My overall impression
Hailey grabs you by the throat and drags you along until it’s all over and you walk out of the theatre blinking and bleary-eyed going… “was that really 75 minutes?” and then you need to have a drink because of what you just witnessed.
