Play review – “Away” by Michael Gow

When I first read this I was a little disappointed – this was a great classic, a part of the cannon? I enjoyed it, to be sure, it was sweet and moving and full of charm and obviously would work well on stage. 24 hours on and I can see more why I liked it – some of the images and characters even on the page have been hard to shake: the headmaster telling his wife he’ll lock her up, Coral and Tom finding each other and putting on a show, the scenes at the beach. Wistful and poignant piece of work.