A play about a self-help circle can usually guarantee some laughs at the expense of positive-thinking homilies and cliches. Katie Redford’s funny-sad drama comes in the form of a motivational group, each scene a new meeting. It is the brainchild of Co-op worker, Gavi (Max Hastings), convening Go Get It! from his Nottingham garage for colleagues who share his dream of self-improvement.
Directed by Piers Black, there are some gentle laughs as Gavi delivers his fridge-magnet wisdom on seizing the day and reaching for new goals. But the turnout of two – a mother and daughter – sets up a spiky dynamic which becomes the basis for a play with serious underlying issues around mental illness in families and complicated love between mothers and children.
