Playground at the Baxter

The Baxter Theatre has a programme called Playground where four original plays are read. The Director and cast have 7 days to rehearse the script. There is the opportunity to produce the play with the greatest audience response. I went to see False Witness not knowing what to expect. Although the cast have the script with them I quickly looked beyond that and became engrossed in a fascinating tale of intrigue. The basic storyline is that a prominent human rights lawyer shoots her husband in self defence or was it? The playwright Paul Johnson has cleverly included many current issue into this fabulous play. No one anticipated the ending. Someone afterwards said, "In true Agatha Christie tradition". I hope that this play "wins" as it will be wonderful to see it performed on a full stage - can't wait