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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Miriam Gillinson

Clutch review – drama about driving lessons is a joyful ride

Charlie Kafflyn (Tyler) and Geoffrey Aymer (Max) in Clutch by Will Jackson at Bush theatre.
Lovely companions … Charlie Kafflyn (Tyler) and Geoffrey Aymer (Max) in Clutch. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian

Driving instructor extraordinaire Max has just three rules. No drinking. No hangovers. And absolutely no one touches the radio. By the end of Will Jackson’s gently rendered new play (a product of the Bush theatre’s new writing scheme), young student Tyler will have broken pretty much every rule in the book. Max and Tyler will sing together. Drink together. Crash together. They’re lovely companions – for each other and the audience – in a play that might have felt cliched but carves out a new path of its own.

Charlie Kafflyn (Tyler) and Geoffrey Aymer (Max) in Clutch by Will Jackson.
Mirror signals … Charlie Kafflyn (Tyler) and Geoffrey Aymer (Max) in Clutch. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
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