Chaos reigns. Every inch of Paige’s home is a domestic dumping ground. This rich and messy revival of Taylor Mac’s black comedy is a story of debris, considering where our trauma settles inside us and what our violence leaves behind.
With her husband Arnold (Simon Startin) initially incapacitated by a stroke and now deliberately subdued by drugs, Paige (Felicity Huffman) eradicates the order and violence he used to hold over her home. Cleaning is a thing of the past. She wants to go to galleries instead. As Arnold cowers in a corner, she belittles him, sprays him with water when he misbehaves, dresses him in emasculating nighties. She does all this for fun, revenge and safety. Huffman is beautifully cast, radiating a determined indifference. “We will not rewrite history with pity,” she warns her children icily.
