Toy Symphony

Overview

While children all across the Western world are developing adult anxieties and sex drives, it is becoming more the case that grown-ups are turning to their inner kid. Office suits are being given crayons and play-doh and asked to recreate Gumby rather than focus on KPIs and maybe, at least to me, that's one of the best things for society.

Michael Gow, author of Away, has crafted a tale about Roland Henning, a playwright who finds his creativity blocked, perhaps permanently. Thanks to Nina, a psychologist (handiest dramatic device in the history of Western theatre), Roland unlocks his past and the personal catastrophe that snapped the neck of his inner child.

Toy Symphony promises to be both playful and serious in its approach to a great tragedy — that we inevitably lose the creative spark of youth long before we realise its importance. Fight the good fight and reignite your inner ankle-biter before the end of this week.