Michael Morris' direction highlights the emotional connections, allowing the story to spin around the relationships rather than around the dismal scene The cast is young and fierce. Kartheiser and Bryant have a weirdly kinetic energy together. Robinson's unselfconscious Donna provides the comic relief. All show a real facility with the heavy Manchester accent and slangy dialogue. Indeed, the script, excellent though it is, would fall flat without such a talented cast to keep these characters three-dimensional. The production features Michael Brown's bleak set -- bare steel frame set against a brick wall -- highlighted by Jeff Croiter lighting and Bart Fasbinder's soundscape.
Like plays from playwrights noted for their bleak characters and strong langues (e.g. Mark Ravenhill), Slag Heap is going to put off those looking for light entertainment or uplifting stories. But as it is cheerless, it's also darkly funny.


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